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BIT Chawls next to be evacuated!

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Following Dockyard Road mishap last month, the BMC may vacate another dilapidated colony in Mazgaon that houses 1,362 families By Vishnudas Sheshrao

of the BIT Chawls, the civic body classified it as ‘C1’ which makes it a dangerous building that ince the Municipal building collapse in Dock- needs to be evacuated immediately. In the last yard last month in which 61 people died and week of August, civic officials along with the help 30 were injured, the Brihanmumbai Municipal of police force tried to evacuate the BIT Chawls, Corporation (BMC) has taken extra caution with but the residents were adamant and refused to regards to the issue of dilapidated buildings. In leave. The protest soon turned violent and citing the coming week, the civic body is likely to vacate law and order problems, the police advised the another dilapidated building – The Bombay Im- civic officials to postpone the whole operation. A civic official who did not wish to be named provement Trust (BIT) Colony in Mazgaon that due to the sensitivity of the issue said, “Last houses 1,362 families in the island city. However, the redevelopment of the prime month, our plan to vacate the building was 28,000 sq. meter plot in South Mumbai, where thwarted due to a law and order issue. Since this the market rate is Rs.20,000 per sq. ft., is sub ju- is a civic plot, the safety of the residents is the dice and pending in different courts including civic body’s responsibility. The Law Department the Supreme Court. In 2001, after an examination of the structure Continued on pg 6 «

Housing dreams shattered Fake MHADA agent dupes victim of over Rs.43 lakh

By Zuber Ansari

SSC countdown see pg 12 This fake letter addressed to Mukesh Waghela from MHADA, almost looks an original one.

ith the ever-increasing prices of real estate in the city, most dream of having a house in Mumbai. However, several of these dreams have been shattered due to an increasing number of fake MHADA agents. In a similar incident, the housing dream of 37-year-old Mukesh Waghela was destroyed after an agent who claimed to belong to the MHADA, cheated him of over Rs.43 lakh. Waghela, who runs a tailoring shop in Jogeshwari went to the MHADA office in January to enquire about their flats. On his visit, he met ‘Dhas’ who introduced himself as an agent in MHADA and assured him of acquiring a flat at a cheap rate. Based on Waghela’s convenience, Dhas showed him a flat in Bimbisar Nagar, Goregaon (East) and asked him to pay only Rs.7 lakh despite its actual value being over Rs.1 crore. Over a period of time, Dhas kept demanding money from Waghela under various pretexts such as procuring an occupation certificate, and would show him corresponding documents with a MHADA Continued on pg 6 «

59pc women feel Mumbai is safe Pic for representational purposes only

LIVES ON THE EDGE.... A view of the almost dilapidated structures of the BIT Chawls in Mazgaon.

mid questions being raised about the safety and security of women, 59 per cent of women here felt that work environment in the metropolis is safe for them, a recent survey report said. A survey conducted in Mumbai, Latur and Vadodara by the IRIS Knowledge Foundation and commissioned by the United Nations Habitat stated that more women (59 per cent) than men reported that work places were safe,

reports PTI. Both men and women felt that a sense of security and an environment to work and live free from fear is an important contributor to a sense of prosperity, the report said. "45 per cent of youth also felt that a level playing field is important to provide equal opportunity for all," the report released by NCP MP Supriya Sule and UN Habitat programme officer Eric Luguya said.

MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis

AIR Marathi National News enters 75th year of broadcast

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By Prashant Hamine

OPINIONS

Should trials against MPs and MLAs be held in fast-track courts? Neha Shinde PR executive Yes. Let’s make India a corruption free nation and put them behind bars.

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dakumar Karkhanis, Sadashiv Dixit, Indumati Kale and others are now household names. After they made it as news presenters, some like Moghe managed a career in movies, while people like Vishwas Mehendale acquired fame as prominent programme hosts or comperes. The idea of starting news bulletins in regional languages on AIR was first mooted in the preIndependence era on October 1, 1939. The national Marathi news bulletin broadcast from Delhi today has entered its 75th year. This bulletin is now broadcast live daily at 8.30 am, 1.30 pm and 8.05 pm and has kept people updated with state, national and sports news. The first Marathi national news bulletin was broadcast from AIRs New Delhi station on August 1, 1937 and the first News Editor of

F Yet another convict from the fodder scam sir! To baffle the CBI squad, he was hiding behind a heap of fodder.

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or the last 75 years, people have set their watches to perfection, at the sound of the 8.30 am daily morning national Marathi news bulletin broadcast from the All India Radio (AIR) New Delhi radio station. People have by now become used to the signature opening remark, “Akashwani… Namaskar.” However, more than the Delhi news bulletin, the morning 7.10 am Marathi news bulletin broadcast from AIRs Pune station has taken over in terms of popularity, which has also incidentally entered its diamond jubilee year. Along with the popularity of these news bulletins, news presenters have also gained popularity and household recognition. News presenters like Shrikant Moghe, Vishwas Mehendale, Nan-

the national Marathi news bulletin broadcast from Delhi was a British Raj officer named Charles Burns. As the news bulletin gained popularity, demands for starting news bulletins in other regional languages grew and today, the AIR Marathi news bulletins are broadcast from the Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad stations. The news bulletin broadcast from the Aurangabad station has a strong influence of Urdu given the fact that the region was earlier a part of the old Nizam state of Hyderabad. Keeping up with the times, the AIR news is now available on the Internet as well. Those who cannot listen to the news can now log on to AIR website ‘newsonair’ and click ON reg.audio and reg.tex and avail of the AIR news bulletins in their regional languages at any time of the day.

‘Value-based education is need of the hour’ By A Staff Reporter

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Gauree More Media student Yes. It will have a great impact in Indian politics.

Shreedhar Chavan Businessman Yes. Of course, and even the decision should be declared as soon as possible.

Hardik Tanna Interior designer Yes. The sooner the verdicts are out, the faster all the scams and corrupt politicians will be out from politics. Abha Dhole Law student Yes. It will be the best decision to bring all the scams and corruption issues to an end. Readers wishing to participate in ‘Opinions’ may send us their name, day-time telephone number with a passport-size photograph to letters@afternoondc.in Your Subject line must be: opinion

(LtoR): D.P. Sawant, Dr. Snehalata Deshmukh, Dr. G. Venkataraman, Dr. Rajan M. Welukar.

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tudents today are lacking a humanitarian approach and hence value based education is the need of the hour. Youngsters are trapped in the criminal web of cyber crimes, consumption of drugs, liquor and other tobacco based products. The ones away from these ill practices opt for professional education and very few go for research”, said eminent physicist and Padmashri Dr. G.Venkataraman, speaking at a symposium on ‘Integral Human Values Education’ organised at the Kalina Campus of the University of Mumbai this weekened. The symposium was organised by the Sri Sathya Sai Trust, Maharashtra and the Sri Sathya Seva Organisations, Maharashtra and Goa as part of their endeavor to bring into focus the need for integral human value based education in all faculties of learning. The event was chaired by Venkatraman and the speakers included prominent personalities such as D.P.Sawant, Minister of State for Higher and Technical Education, Maharashtra, Dr. Rajan M. Welukar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai and Dr. Naresh Chandra, Pro-Vice-Chancellor,University of Mumbai, Dr. Snehalata Deshmukh, Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai and Dr. B.G.Pitre, leading educationist & Director of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Education. Venkatraman said that it is a matter of great concern that the next generation does not follow ethical values and the humane approach. Value based education is desperately needed as the future of the country lies in their hands. The youth today is under the unbearable burden of competition in their academics, forcing them to trace on book based studies. Now it is up to the educational institutions and universities to make them adapt to value based education. Dr. Rajan M. Welukar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai said that it was a high time that universities adapt a value based education. “At Mumbai University, we have also emphasized on value based education and will continue to deliver the same,” he said. D.P.Sawant, Minister of State for Higher and Technical Education, Maharashtra said that the line of teachers, from whom students could take inspiration, is missing. The education that leads to skill development and subsequent employability is necessary, but at the same time, values inculcated in the youth would help in building a great nation. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

Daily worship the entrance step - worship with Swastik - Design of Earthenware Pot., Shubh-Labh etc. with Rice and Kumkum. Do not enter the house putting your entrance step. by Dr. Prem Gupta (9820045774/9930318119, www.drpremgupta.com)

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By Khushboo Panjabi

pread over nine nights, the Navratri Utsav celebrated across the state has its own unique hint of panache with people of all communities and age groups participating in the celebrations and creating a fusion of dance and devotion. ‘Dandiya Queen’ Falguni Pathak was a hit on the first day at the Ghatkopar Police Ground, making a crowd of over 15,000 people dance to her tunes. People across all age groups including kids were seen tapping their feet and performing the two main forms of dance special to this festival: ‘Raas’ and ‘Garba’. While ‘Raas’ has its roots in the enchanting dance by the Gopis to the flute of the captivated Lord Krishna, ‘Garba’ originates from the Sanskrit word ‘Garbhdeep’ referring to an earthen pot with circular holes. The women were dressed in grand ‘ghargra cholis’ adorned with bright sequins and small mirrors while the men donned the traditional high waist top – ‘kedia’. Ram Kadam, MLA, MNS, on this occasion, said, “It is a festival of love and brotherhood where people from different parts of the city and the state come and enjoy. I wish everyone a happy and a safe Navratri.” khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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Dandiya Queen Falguni Pathak regales the crowd of over 15,000 revellers with ‘Raas’ and ‘Garba’ at the Ghatkopar Police Ground.

‘No Dandiya’ for this Durga Samiti in Bhayandar

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couples will participate in the nine-day long religious ‘havan’, onsciously deciding not to or- the Samiti has provided a platform ganise the ‘Dandiya Raas’, the to eight different folk art groups to Mira-Bhayandar Maa Durgautsav display their talent each day durSamiti is organising religious ori- ing the festive occasion which is ented performances and popular being held at the Navghar Municfolk arts from across the country ipal School ground in Bhayandar to connect with devotees to mark (East). Gujarati Kusambal Dayro, the religious festivities of Navratri. Apart from the Sahasra Chandi ‘Bharud’ -- an ancient local art Maha Yagya, where more than 450 form of community entertainment prevalent in the rural districts of Maharashtra, performed by popular television celebrity, Niranjan Bhakre, a Bhapang -- performance by Alwar-based group led by ‘India’s Got Talent’ Jumme Khan, Mata-ki-Chowki and Mai Marathi -- an Agri-Koli traditional art presented by Uday Satam, are some of the performances listed by the Samiti. “This is a truly non-commercial event and we have put in our sincere efforts to organise a Navratri festival packed with multi-cultural performances in a true sense,” said Balkrishna Purnekar, the man behind the cultural fest. The organisers have also created a replica of the majestic Mayur Mahal.

...AND EVEN THE ‘GODS’ AND ‘DEMONS’ ARE HERE...

(Top): Godlike stage artists like Rama and Ravana of a Ramlila troupe draped with heavy ornaments getting ready backstage for a Ramlila performance at the Girgaum Chowpatty, on Sunday evening. (Lef t): A craftsman giving finishing touches to a few effigies of ‘demon king’ Ravana being made at Girgaum Chowpatty. The effigies will be burnt on the last day of the nine-day festival -- on Dussehra.

INTERIOR DECORATION

Sliding window colour glass 250/-, without colour 150/sliding window. Repairing Marble fixing 300/- window repairing undertaken. 9004718982/ 9930816747. Email: aliasgarsaya@hotmail.com C-18308

THANKSGIVING

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world. Sacred Heart of Jesus thy kingdom come. Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. St. Jude the worker of miracles pray for us. St. Jude the helper of the helpless pray for us. Say this prayer for nine times nine days. Your prayer will be answered by the eighth day. Publication must be promised. C-17967 May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy Kingdom come. St. Jude worker of miracles pray for us. St. Jude helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Amen C-18128 Novena prayer to St. Jude. O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present urgent petition, in return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Say three Our Fathers, three Hail Mary’s and Glory be. St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Amen. (Publication must be promised). C-17970 May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world. Sacred Heart of Jesus thy kingdom come. Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. St. Jude the worker of miracles pray for us. St. Jude the helper of the helpless pray for us. Say this prayer for nine times nine days. Your prayer will be answered by the eighth day. Publication must be promised. C-17968

CHANGE OF NAME

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CLASSIFIEDS My old name is Kumari Milan Jaydev Mahale and now my new name (after marriage) is Mrs. Saloni Sitaram Desai as per Affidavit HL541198 dated 03-10-2013. C-18598 I have changed my name from Anilkumar Purushottam Ved, to ‘Anil Purushottam Ved’ as per Affidavit Dated: 05/10/2013. C-18599 I have changed my name from Rajeev Thekkekara, to ‘Rajeev Thekkekara Nair’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-14140) Dated: 04/07/2013. C-18600 I have changed my name from Abdul Gani Sunasra to Abdul Gani Yusuf Sunasara (according deed poll affidavit dated; 4/10/2013). C-18601 I, Jagjit Sing Jaswant Singh, have changed my name to Jagjit Singh Jaswant Singh Arora Vide Affidavit dated 4th October, 2013. C-18602 We Ramesh Gori & Leelavati Gori have changed our minor son’s name from Dhaval Bhanushali to Dhaval Ramesh Gori as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 04/10/13. C-18603 I Gunvanti Shantilal Mehta have changed my name to Gunvanti Shantilal Jain as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 04/10/13. C-18604 I Pailesh Shantilal Mehta have changed my name to Pailesh Shantilal Jain as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 04/10/13. C-18605 I Shantilal Mohanlal Mehta have changed my name to Shantilal Mohanlal Jain as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 04/10/13. C-18606 I Vinita Ramesh Bharuka have changed my name to Vinitadevi Ramesh Bharuka as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 04/10/13. C-18607 I Prema Dhaku Pawar have changed my name to Shubhangi Subhash Palshetkar as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 03/10/13. C-18608

My old name is A. Radhakrishnan Nair and now my new name is Mr. Radhakrishnan Shreedharan Nair as per Poll Deed Affidavit HX386926 dated 30-09-2013. C-18595

I Mr. Sarfaraj Abdulrazak have changed my name to Mr. Sarfaraz Abdulrazak Malkani as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 03/10/13. C-18609

My old name is P. Mini and now my new name is Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Radhakrishnan Nair as per Poll Deed Affidavit HX386927 dated 30-09-2013. C-18596

I Mr. Nitin Pavankumar Lakhotia have changed my name to Mr. Nitinkumar Pavankumar Lakhotia as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 23/09/13. C-18610

My old name is Aneesh and now my new name is Mr. Anish Radhakrishnan Nair as per Poll Deed Affidavit HX386928 dated 30-09-2013. C-18597

I Mr. Basir Hasam Pochi have changed my name to Mr. Bashir Hasam Pochi as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 03/10/13. C-18611

I Miss. Fatima Begam Sallan Sayyad have changed my name to Mrs. Sadiya Siraj Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 03/10/13. C-18612 I Mr. Arif Muzammil Khan have changed my name to Mr. Mohammed Arif Muzammil Khan as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 03/10/13. C-18613 I Mr. Mohd Arif Mohd Muzammil Khan have changed my name to Mr. Mohammed Arif Muzammil Khan as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 03/10/13. C-18614 I Mr. Mohammed Arif Muzammil Khan have changed my minor daughter’s name from Aqsa Begum Mohammed Arif Khan to Aqsa Mohammed Arif Khan as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 23/09/13. C-18615 I Mrs. Esperanca Soares have changed my name to Mrs. Esperanca Clarina Lopes as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 05/10/13. C-18616 I Jagjvan Kotecha have changed my name to Jagjivan Kotecha as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 05/10/13. C-18617 I Bharatkumar Kantilal Shah have changed my name to Bharat Kantilal Shah as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 04/10/13. C-18618 I Rajesh Ghisulal Chudhary have changed my name to Rajesh Ghisulal Chaudhry as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 01/10/13. C-18619

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013 I Mushtakali Firoz Momin have changed my name to Mustakali Firoz Momin as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18626

I have changed my name from Husaini Yusuf Jeriwala to Husaini Yusuf Zariwala as per Affidavit. C-18642

I Mushtakali Momin & Mushtaq Momin have changed my name to Mustakali Momin as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18627

I have changed my name from Anwar Jehan Khatoon Umer Shemna to Anwar Jehan Omer Semna as per Maharashtra Gazette No (U-34255). C-18643

I have changed my name from Vali Mohammad Dawood Sunasara to Vali Mohammed Dawood Sunasra as per Affidavit. C-18659

I Mushtaque Ahmad Sayed Amir have changed my name to Mushtaque Ahmed Sayed Amir Lohar as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18628

I have changed my name from Nasreen Mohammed Farooq to Nasreen Farooque Shaikh as per Affidavit Dt: 01/10/2013. C-18644

I have changed my name from Fiza Vali Mohammad Sunasara to Fizza Vali Mohammed Sunasra as per Affidavit. C-18660

I Mushtakali Momin & Mustaq Momin have changed my name to Mustakali Momin as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18629

I have changed my name from Shakunthala Naik to Shakuntala Naik as per Affidavit dated 04th October, 2013. C-18645

I have change my name from Jitendrakumar Jayantilal Doshi to Jitendra Jayantilal Doshi as per Affidavit dated 05/10/2013. C-18661

I have changed my name from Dinesh Rajkumar Devasi to Dinesh Rajkumar Dherwani as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18630

I have changed my name from Soniya Vasant Naik to Sonia Vasant Naik as per Affidavit dated 04th October, 2013. C-18646

I have changed my name from Vinod Agarwal to Vinod Kumar Agarwal as per Affidavit. C-18662

I have changed my name from Susheil Motilal Chandani to Sushil Motilal Chandani as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18631

I have changed my name from Kishor Jagnani to Nandkishor Jagnani as per Affidavit dated 04th October, 2013. C-18647

I have changed my name from Sushil Kumar Motilal Chandani to Sushil Motilal Chandani as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18632

I have changed my name from Sushil Chandra Bounthiyal to Sushil Bonthiyaal vide Maharashtra Gazette (U- 41482). C-18648

I have changed my name from Gopichand Ramchand Panchwani to Gopichand Ramchand Panjwani as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18633

I have changed my name from Rajuben Bap Narayan Patil to Rajani Shivaji Sonawane as per Affidavit. C-18649

I have changed my name from Vini Sushil Chandani to Vinni Sushil Chandani as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18634 I have changed my name from Rafi Ahmed Shaikh to Mustafa Ahmed Ezzi as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd.05/10/2013. C-18635

I Sheetal Rajesh Chudhary have changed my name to Shanti Rajesh Chaudhry as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 01/10/13. C-18620

I have changed my name from Tasneem Rafi Ahmed Shaikh to Tasneem Mustafa Ezzi as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 05/10/2013. C-18636

I Shanthi Chowdhary have changed my name to Shanti Chaudhry as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 01/10/13. C-18621

I have changed my name from Sharmila Manekchand Jain to Sangeeta Raju Shah as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd.05/10/2013. C-18637

We Mr. Rajesh Ghisulal Chaudhry & Mrs. Shanti Rajesh Chaudhry have changed our minor son’s name from Ansh Rajesh Choudhary to Annsh Rajesh Chaudhry as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 04/10/13. C-18622 I Parshuram Tukaram Katkari have changed my name to Parshuram Tukaram Bhoye as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18623 I Rais Ahmed Tawhid Ahmed have changed my name to Rais Ahmad Tawhid Ahmed Khan as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18624 I Alka Ramchandra Killedar have changed my name to Vaishali Satish Nalavade as per deed poll Affidavit. C-18625

We Mustafa Ahmed Ezzi & Mrs.Tasneem Mustafa Ezzi have changed our minor daughter’s name from Fatema Rafi Ahmed Shaikh to Fatema Mustafa Ezzi as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd.05/10/2013. C-18638 I have changed my name from Husainy Yusuf Jariwala to Husaini Yusuf Zariwala as per Affidavit. C-18639 I have changed my name from Aliya Husainy Jariwala to Aaliya Husaini Zariwala as per Affidavit. C-18640 We Husaini Yusuf Zariwala and Aaliya Husaini Zariwala have changed our minor daughter's name from Zaheera Husainy Jariwala to Zaheera Husaini Zariwala as per Affidavit. C-18641

I have changed my name from Miss. Maria Jimmy Kannamkunil to Mrs. Maria Jayesh Patel as per Affidavit. C-18650 I have changed my name from Miss. Fathima Shafina Abubucker to Mrs. Shafina Idris Shaik as per Affidavit. C-18651 I have changed my name from Shakil Ahmed Khan to Shakeel Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit. C-18652 I have changed my name from Martina Emilia D’souza to Martina Fransis D’souza as per Affidavit. C-18653 I have changed my name from Gulam Husein Zainuddin Shaikh to Gulam Ahmed Zainuddin Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-18654 We Mr. Hemal Brijmohan Kanoujia and Mrs. Sangeeta Hemal Kanoujia have changed our son’s name from Arnav Hemal Kanojia to Arnav Hemal Kanoujia as per Affidavit. C-18655 I have changed my name from Yogesh Kumar Kantilal Shah to Yogesh Kantilal Shah as per Affidavit. C-18656 I have changed my name from Sangale Dattu Pandurang to Sangale Dattatraya Pandurang as per Affidavit. C-18657

I have changed my name from Mohsin Ali Vali Mohammad Sunasara to Mohsin Ali Vali Mohammed Sunasra as per Affidavit. C-18658

I have changed my name from Merlin Ann John to Merlin Ann John Thazhathu as per Affidavit. C-18663 I have changed my name from Mohamad Naim Husen Miya Patel to Naeem Husainmiya Patel as per Affidavit. C-18664 I have changed my name from Vinit Viranna to Vinit Viranna Shetty as per Affidavit. C-18665 I have changed my name from Amirjaid Mohammed Khan to Amir Mohammed Khan as per Affidavit. C-18666 I have changed my name from Sunanda Kashinath Koli to Suman Kashinath Koli as per Affidavit. C-18667 I have changed my name from Shantabai Harichandra Tare to Shanta Harichandra Tare as per Affidavit. C-18668 I have changed my name from Vindeshwari Prasad Bind to Bindeshwari Prasad Bind as per Affidavit. C-18669 I have changed my name from Saudagarali Sofiya Rehmat Pathan to Salim Sufiyan Khan as per Affidavit. C-18670 I have changed my name from Jam Anilkumar Dadabhai to Jam Anil Dadabhai as per Affidavit dated 05-10-2013. C-18671 I have changed my name from Veronica to Veronica Denis Lobo as per Affidavit. C-18672 I have changed my name from Juliana Veronica Sequira to Veronica Denis Lobo as per Affidavit. C-18673 I have changed my name from Vimla Shyammurat Gupta to Vimladevi Shyammurat Gupta as per Affidavit. C-18674

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013

Modi’s Slap HE came, he met and the delirious party workers trampled all over the place, leaving the Airports Authority of India (AAI) with no option to slap the BJP with a fine for making a mess of the airport property. Tragically, the party did not

charge any ticket for the welcome reception to its prime ministerial poster boy Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. So it had to pay from its own pocket. It is the Modi show all over the country and the party satraps are trying their every bit to ‘encash’ the public mood which is despondent at the moment, given the kind of economic and political mess the nation is in. What the critics and party observers are skeptical about is the effectiveness of this peaking of his popularity at such an early juncture with the Lok Sabha elections still five months away. Ultimately it all depends upon reading the writing on the wall and gauging the public mood correctly. In the run-up to the 2004 Lok Sabha polls the party had horribly misread the public mood, falling prey to its own creation

‘India Shinning’, losing the political shine instead. NCP chief Sharad Pawar feels that this head-start could later on falter just when the serious campaigning for the general elections actually begins at the end of this year. Already unso-

licited advice and advisors have been asking him to be careful of the pitfalls of an early head-start and what the weary Congress might do to derail his juggernaut. For many, instead of crisscrossing the country, he could do well to concentrate on the semi-final of assembly elections in five states where his and BJP's real test lies. Right now on his two visits to the financial capital of the country he is busy meeting his core constituents the stock market traders, bullion and diamond traders. But his visit has left the state unit in obvious glee with Modi giving the cold shoulder to its ally Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray who they feel had ill-treated their leaders quite often. Whatever the case, Rajnath Singh had to hard-sell Modi’s anointment to the Sena which had tilted its scales in

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SIMHASAN Prashant Hamine | ADC favour of Sushma Swaraj. Both the BJP and the Sena need each other, at least in Maharashtra, after having been out of power for 14 years now. In Maharashtra, he has to contend with a well entrenched ruling CongressNCP alliance which is already banking on re-election in assembly elections in the middle of next year. The question that is upper most in everyone's mind here is, given his good equations with MNS president Raj Thackeray, will he forge a truce between the warring siblings or buy peace to fulfill his larger national ambition. Not withstanding that, he will also have to contend with another new political untested entrant the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which has already accounted for the scalp of his former party president Nitin Gadkari. Every vote, every seat counts dearly and Modi knows it very well more than anyone else.

move undermined the authority of the cabinet and the prime minister. The terse message from the NCP to the Congress was that it was not a fellow traveler but an ally which stood by it through thick and thin and was not to be taken for granted. The NCP has begun its political posturing ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and the assembly elections that follow later in 2014. Critics argue that with the floodgates thrown wide open

Political Ordinance FINALLY, the Ordinance and the Bill that sought to protect convicted politicians has been shredded and consigned to the dust bin. More than the sordid drama surrounding its eventual demise bowing to public pressure, what has raised eyebrows is the red flag raised by NCP chief Sharad Pawar for saying he felt the

after the scrapping of the ordinance and possible procession of convicted politicians making it behind bars, is the NCP trying to arm twist the Congress? Already a slew of charges are pending against some of its top ministers, some which are already in the court of law like the Irrigation scam.

Be it the controversy surrounding the construction of Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi, the Irrigation scam or the defrauding of the Beed district cooperative bank, the Congress-NCP alliance is not just fighting these allegations, it also has to fight the anti-incumbency factor. Hence it is keen on encashing the Maratha reservation issue and reviving the issue of the statue of Shivaji Maharaj which served it in good stead in the last two assembly elections. Of late the war of words between the ruling Congress and the NCP is spilling out in the open with the NCP questioning the slow pace at which chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is clearing official files. For Pawar, the sudden emergence of Gandhi scion Rahul on to the political scene in the aftermath of the ordinance fiasco appears to have upset his future political calculations.

Not to speak of the Gandhi scion touring his Maharashtra bastion.

Perpetuating Legacy

THE good old socialist days were marked by our netas hogging the limelight with ribbon cutting, naming projects after their forefathers and foundation stone laying ceremonies. That legacy though diminished now, still lingers on our political horizon. Recently Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was in for a shock with the overzealous bureaucracy trying to impress him. The state had recently purchased a Skirosky company helicopter for the use of Chavan and his cabinet colleagues. The earlier now out-dated Dolphin helicopter had a unique identification name VT-MGJ and the eight seater state aircraft was named VTVDD. Here VT in the aviation terminology accepted world wide stands for Victorian Territory – a name given to aircrafts originating from India. A sort of number plate for aircrafts. The rest of the three alphabets stood for the dignitary. Hence, MGJ stood for Manohar Gajanan Joshi who was the chief minister when the Dolphin helicopter was purchased, while VDD stood for Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh who was the chief minister when the eight seater state aircraft was purchased. So naturally the bureaucracy thought it fit that the new Skirosky should be named as VT – PDC (PrithviUntil then Pawar appeared raj Dajisaheb Chavan!) to be content with a percepChavan almost jumped at tibly weak prime minister the file noting after the buand a Congress party fight- reaucracy revealed to him ing its own demons within. what it meant. Without Any thought of clobbering a wasting any time he quickly ramshackle third front with picked up his pen and fringe political outfits struck off the VT-PDC and seemed to have been put instead made it into VT – paid by Rahul sudden burst- CMM (Chief Minister of Maing on to the political scene. harashtra).

No one will be spared, says CM By A Special Correspondent

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o one will be spared. They will go to jail like the Delhi leader (Lalu Prasad Yadav who was convicted and sentenced to jail recently).” This statement by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has created ripples in political circles. Though Chavan refrained from taking any names, his targets were NCP leaders in the state, primarily Deputy Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar. The alliance partners in the state are currently at loggerheads over various issues for quite sometime. However, NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s remarks that Chavan lacks decision making skills, have aggravated a strained relationship. Now, the CM has once again started tar-

geting NCP leaders. The spar over seat-sharing has already intensified and both parties are in no mood to relent. Significantly, the dates of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections are yet to be announced, while both the Congress and NCP have already started disagreeing

over the issue of seat-sharing. The NCP announced that the old formula of 22 seats will be fought by the NCP, while the Congress will contest on 26 seats. The Congress however, gave this formula a cold shoulder and insisted on a new seat adjustment equation. Against this backdrop, the timing of the CM’s remark has virtually created a flutter in the corridors of Mantralaya. The ‘they will go to jail’ remark is in connection with the Rs.70,000 crore irrigation scam which had resulted in Ajit Pawar resigning from his post last year. In 1998, the Pune AntiCorruption Bureau had submitted its confidential report on financial irregularities in the 32 irrigation projects undertaken under

the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC). Pawar as the Irrigation Minister was heading the MKVDC.

CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Chaudhary Gaurav Raju to Gaurav Raju Verma as per Affidavit. C-18675 I have changed my name from Patkar Deeksha Nagesh to Diksha Nagesh Patkar as per Affidavit. C-18676 I have changed my name from Solaiha to Rakilunnisa Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-18677 I have changed my name from Abdul Wahid to Abdul Wahid Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-18678 I have changed my name from Munawarali Ahmed Jan to Munawarali Ahmed Jan Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-18679 I have changed my name from Lina Pinto to Leena Dsouza as per Affidavit. C-18680 I have changed my name from Vaishnavi Rupesh Parmar to Kaishnavi Rupesh Parmar as per Affidavit. C-18681 I have changed my name from Prabhavati Ambadas Vadnere to Prabhavati Ambadas Sonar as per Affidavit. C-18682

CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Narottamdas Karsandas Tank to Narottam Karsandas Tank as per Affidavit. C-18693 I have changed my name from Sajeda Sultana Muzffar Khan to Sajeda Sultana Mazhar Ahmed Qureshi as per Affidavit. C-18694 I have changed my name from Jumana Saifuddin Bigodiwala to Alifiya Murtuza Presswala as per Affidavit. C-18695 I have changed my name from Raikar Mayur Manjunath to Kapoor Tanishq Manjunath as per Affidavit. C-18696 I have changed my name from Carol Madonna Noronha to Carol Rodrigues as per Affidavit dated on 05/10/2013. C-18697

I have changed my name from Miss. Khalida Saher PUBLIC NOTICE Mohammed Iliyas Khan to Mrs, Khalida Mohammed Amin NOTICE IS hereby given Khan as per Affidavit. that our, member shri C-18699 Shivram Bhagwan Sawant I have changed my name from Abdul Karim Abdul Gafoor to Abdul Karim Abdul Gafoor Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-18700

We Fajaluddin Gouri and Jarina Fajaluddin Gouri have changed our minor daughter's name from Nagama Bano to Nagma Fajaluddin Gouri as per Affidavit. C-18684

I have changed my name from Mohamad Tahir Parvez Alam to Mohammed Tahir Parvez Alam Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-18701

I have changed my name from Jarina Bano to Jarina Fajaluddin Gouri as per Affidavit. C-18686 I have changed my name from Anilkumar Gunvantrai Shah to Anil Gunvantrai Shah as per Affidavit. C-18687 I have changed my name from Deepak Kumar Raj Kumar to Deepak Raj Kumar Vishwakarma as per Affidavit dated 05/10/2013. C-18688 I have changed my name from Maninder Singh Indrajit Singh to Maninder Singh Inderjit Singh Sasan as per Affidavit dated 04/10/2013. C-18689 I have changed my name from Jinesh Kumar Naresh Kumar Borana to Jinesh Naresh Kumar Borana as per Affidavit dated 05/10/2013. C-18690 I have changed my name from Rupali Kashinath Nehate to Rupali Vinoth Khanna Singa as per Affidavit. C-18691 I have changed my name from Neelima Ganpat Jadhav to Nilima Sudhakar Kalyankar as per Affidavit. C-18692

DIVAS OF THE GOLDEN ERA… Veteran actresses Asha Parekh and Waheeda Rehman have a word with Sonam Kapoor during the fundraiser event ‘Uff Yoo Maa’ to celebrate 100 years of Indian Cinema in the city, on Saturday.

We Mr. Joe Dsouza & Mrs. Florence Dsouza have changed our minor daughter’s name from Pearl Shwetambary Dsouza to Pearl Dsouza as per Affidavit dated 05/10/2013. C-18698

I have changed my name from Badrunnisa Shaikh to Badruddin Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-18683

I have changed my name from Fajaluddin to Fajaluddin Gouri as per Affidavit. C-18685

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I have changed my name from Rehana Ali Hussain Kazi to Rehana Ali Hussain Gazi as per Govt. of Maharashtra Gazette No. (U- 15115). C-18702 I have changed my old name Azwar Ur Rehman to new name Azwar Rehman as per Gazette No. (X-50588). C-18703 I have changed my old name Humera Naeem to new name Humera Naeem Rehman as per Gazette No. (X-50589). C-18704

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Housing dreams shattered Continued from pg 1 « official’s signature on it. However, when Dhas refused to hand over the keys to Waghela after being paid Rs.43 lakh, the latter filed a complaint at the Meghwadi police station. Determined to catch Dhas in action, the police asked Waghela to inform Dhas that he would pay him an additional Rs.20,000 for the key to be handed over immediately. When Dhas arrived at a particular location to collect the money, he was arrested. The police suspect that some MHADA officials may be involved in the crime because a letter with the signature of an officer currently working at the MHADA office in Bandra was recovered by the police. Talking to ADC, Assistant Police Inspector (API) from Meghwadi police station

Irfan Shaikh said that, in month of January victim Mukesh went to MHADA office to inquire about the flat on cheap rates, in between he met with the accused Vinod who introduced himself as an agent in MHADA,

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he assures him that he is having many flats on cheapest price, as per victim convenience accused shown him flat in Bimbisar Nagar in Goregaon (East) and asked him to pay only seven lacks while its actual value is in crore. The police said that the accused, Vinod Dhas, is apparently a habitual fraudster, which was revealed after officers from Meghwadi police station raided his house and collected bogus documents similar to the ones which he showed the complainant, thus indicating that he cheated not only Wagela but others as well. Shockingly, Dhas has spent the ill-gotten money to enjoy a lavish lifestyle. According to the police he is habitual drinker and spends most of his time in plush beer bars, restaurants and on bar girls as well. He has been booked under various Sections 420, 465, 467 and 471 of the IPC. He has been produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody.

BIT Chawls next to be evacuated! Continued from pg 1 « of the civic body is studying the case after which we will take the necessary steps to vacate the buildings and arrange for alternate accommodations at Mahul.” Yashwant Jadhav, former councilor, Shiv Sena said, “Over the years, the civic body has lost its credibility as far as land matters and accommodation are concerned. People won’t vacate the buildings until they are convinced and only given a minute by minute plan.” vishnudas.sheshrao@ afternoondc.in

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Security guard decamps with jewellery worth Rs.40 lakh, remains untraceable By Zuber Ansari

Nilesh Shrivastav was working for Popley Jewellers at Turner Road in Bandra.

35-year-old security guard working with a Bandra based jeweller broke into his employer’s shop and made away with ornaments worth more than Rs. 40 lakh on Friday night while he was on duty. The incident came to light when his colleague discovered the break-in and found him missing. Nilesh Shrivastav was hired through a security guard company and was working for ‘Popley Jewellers’ at Turner Road, Bandra (W) for the last one year. On the day of the incident, he came to work at around 8 pm to take over for the night with another colleague. Towards the early hours of the morning, Shrivastav told his colleague to rest while he would guard the showroom. When he found his colleague asleep, Shrivastav broke into the shop using the key left with him and made away with the jewellery. When his colleague woke up he found Shrivastav missing and when the shop was later opened by an employee in the guard’s presence, they discovered that some jewellery had been stolen. “We have not received any information about Shrivastav till now, but will nab him soon,” said Rajendra Kaane, Police Inspector (Crime), Bandra police station. Sources from the Bandra police station on the condition of anonymity have revealed that every one in the city remotely related to Nilesh has been detained but nothing has come to light. Although his colleagues have been interrogated, nothing conclusive has emerged. On the basis of primary information, it is suspected that he is not in Mumbai and may have fled to his native place. “We are trying to locate him through his cell phone, but his phone is switched off after the incident. We have registered a case against him under various sections of the IPC including breaking and entering,” added sources.

Small time actor held in hit-and-run case Man held

By Zuber Ansari

he Bangur Nagar police have arrested a small time actor in a hit-and-run case. The accused, Amir HanifVora, 32, had escaped after mowing down six people on the Malad Link Road last Sunday. According to the police,Vora was speeding on the Link Road when he lost control of the car and rammed it into six pedestrians after which he hit a divider. Of the six, a lady and her child received major injuries while the rest suffered minor injuries. Vora, out of fright did not stop at the spot but reversed and sped away. During the investigation,

the cops collected the number plate and approached the RTO for the registration number which showed them that the car was registered in the name of a private firm operating in Bandra. After a team visited the firm, they were told that the car was sold to a car dealer in Bhayander. The car dealer then led the team to

Morcha against builder

Vora’s residence. However, Vora had not transferred the car to his name and the address mentioned was of a society in Goregaon (West). After enquiry, the police foundVora’s second residence in Malad (East). They found a car parked in a corner of the parking area covered with a sheet which they later discovered was a black Honda accord with the missing number plate and a smashed windscreen, thus confirming their suspicions about Vora. R. Bagul, Senior Inspector, Bangur Nagar police station said, "The accused was arrested from his residence in Malad. Investigations are on.”

Hundreds of anguished residents staying in Rashmi Dhruvita Park in Vasai staged a protest at the construction company’s office on Sunday, alleging that the builder had failed to deliver on his promise of providing water connections. There are 240 flats in the seven-winged mega residential complex. More than three years after taking possession from the builder and occupying the flats, residents are still forced to remain dependent on water provided by private tankers.

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with illegal firearm in Virar By Suresh Golani

leuths of the Virar police have arrested a man who was found to be in possession of a country-made revolver and three live cartridges. According to the police, following a tip-off that a suspected member of an arm dealers gang would arrive in the Ostwal Nagri area of Nalasopara (East). A police team laid a trap on Friday evening and arrested the accused identified as- Om Chandra Gupta, who was carrying the illegal firearms and the cartridges. The investigating team suspect that Gupta, who is a resident of Nalasopara had come to supply the fire-arm to a local. A case under the relevant sections of the Arms Act has been registered against the accused who has been remanded to police custody.

By Edrich Miranda

ome elections and demagogues arise from hibernation, as is apparent from the number of organisations and individuals, jumping on the bandwagon of the prevention of Cow slaughter. To make matters worse, the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation has sanctioned a budget of a few crores, for an abattoir; which was vehemently opposed in the House by Vinayak Nigam, leader of the Opposition in the Corporation. Private citizens are also trying to make capital, by insisting on the stoppage of animal slaughter at private

slaughter houses, a practice which has been prevalent for ages. The issue can take a communal turn as the staple diet of majority of the original and contemporary population comprise nonvegetable consumer items such as fish, poultry, veal and beef. Some people have taken recourse to social media to vent their spleen and drum up support, while others have organised small dharnas with others running to the press. In Muslim dominated areas, fearing a backlash, some Muslim leaders have already issued a fatwa, banning the slaughter of cows and calves, failing which the butcher shall be ostracised and fined heavily.

NCP activist involved in land scam

The brother of a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) activist and two others were arrested in a land scam in Vasai. Javid Mobin Khan of S.K. Group, Gokivare, Vasai (East), and two of his associates, Sunil Chorge and Husani Bohri, were arrested yesterday in C.R. Number I-236/11, for having forged documents relating to a proposed building on Survey No. 250, of Achole, at Nalasopara. “They have been charged under Sections 420,465,467,471 and 34 of the IPC,” said Wartikar, the IO, of the EOW. (Economic Offence Wing), Thane. When produced in court, they were remanded to five days police custody.

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Eastern Press Club office inaugurated By A Staff Reporter

Inauguration of Eastern Press Club

he new office of the recently formed Eastern Press Club was inaugurated on Saturday. Ravi Ambekar, Editor, Live India TV, Subhash Shirke, Editor, News Nation TV, Nilesh Khare, Senior Journalist, ABP News, Vilas Athawle, President, TVJ, Quaiser Khalid, Additional Commissioner of Police (East Region), Chandrakant Handore, local MLA, Rahul Shewale, Chairman, BMC Standing Committee, Irfan Devte,

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Fever? Act now, see your doctor for correct & complete treatment

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menting development work, no community could be left aharashtra has been out of the process. Chavan the leading state in added that until and unless the country in im- all encompassing developplementing maximum rec- ment work is not impleommendations of the justice mented, the country’s all Rajinder Sachar Committee round development cannot report, stated Chief Minister be achieved. The State MiPrithviraj Chavan. Address- norities Welfare Department ing a conference on the which was set up in 2008, has Sachar Committee report been implementing schemes and the 12th five year plan at like scholarships for minority Jogeshwari here yesterday, community students, a Rs. 2 he stressed upon the need lakh grant for minority edufor boosting the self confi- cational institutions, second dence of the minority com- shift admissions in ITI and munity and the need for polytechnics for minority creating maximum opportu- students and other such minities of education and em- nority welfare oriented schemes. ployment. Speaking at the conferHe said that while imple-

ence, Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development, Jatin Prasad stated that the government will now target minority dominated cities, talukas and gram panchayats for the implementation of the Sachar Committee recommendations. He added that the government has allocated Rs. 17.323 crores in the 12th five year plan for implementing the schemes. The Minister for Minorities Development Naseem Khan stated that the state government will ensure that not a single penny allocated by the centre and state government for minority welfare schemes will be allowed to be repatriated.

Forum holds old-age home guilty

When he showed no sign of improvement, Thakur shifted him to another hospital, where he died in July 2008. The trust refused to refund Rs 4 lakh, so Thakur approached the consumer forum. Before the forum, the trust contended that only Rs.1 lakh were refundable. The forum, headed by president S.M. Ratnakar, held the Center guilty of service and directed it to refund Rs 4 lakh and other dues of Rs 78,000 with 9 per cent interest. Further, the forum directed the Center to pay Rs.85,000 to Thakur towards legal costs.

A South Mumbai Consumer Forum has directed a trust which runs an old-age home to pay legal costs to a man and also the refundable portion of the money he had paid, holding it guilty of providing deficient service. The man had alleged that the old-age home did not take adequate care of his 82-yearold father, an Alzheimer patient. Complainant Hemant Thakur admitted his father in Dignity Lifestyle Center here in February 2008, as he

and his wife could not attend to his father because of their professional compulsions, reports PTI. Thakur paid Rs 5.29 lakh for this. According to his complaint, he was told that Rs 4 lakh were refundable. But when he visited the Centre a few days later, he saw that his father was not getting proper medical care. The authorities promised to provide more attention. Thakur's father was hospitalised in June 2008 and he slipped into diabetic coma.

Tailor found dead behind school By Zuber Ansari

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State Youth Wing General Secretary, NCP and Anil Chauhan, Owner, Maharana Hotel, were present at the occasion. The club members included journalists from print and electronic media residing in the Eastern suburbs spread across Chunnabhatti to Mulund. “The aim of our press club is to bring unity and provide timely help to our journalist friends in times of need. By remaining united we can face challenging situations under any eventuality,” said Manoj Chandeliya, the club president. Dr. Abid Sayyad, Director, Sai Hospital, Chembur and Dr. Khalid as well as local politicians and senior police officers of the region congratulated the club members on the occasion. Tariq Khan, the club secretary said, “In the eastern suburbs, a press club like this has been formed for the first time. Having a robust press club is a dream come true for all our members.” “Remaining united, discharging duty without bias or prejudice and above all remaining sincere and honest without falling into the trap of temptations should be our motto,” said Sudhakar Anchan, treasurer of the club. All the dignitaries spoke at the occasion and gave their valuable advice to the journalists gathered.

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32, is a resident of Sai Sadan building in Malvani and a tailor from the Malvani tailor by profession with his area was found dead be- shop in the same area. The hind the Ryan International police have discovered that School and his body put in a he had called a lady identisuitcase. The body was iden- fied as Nagma who he was tified by the family who had having an affair with. Accome to the spot after hear- cording to information, she ing the news of an unidenti- also lives in the vicinity, is fied body being found by the married and has a daughter. The victim’s family claim police. According to the police, that he was missing since the deceased identified at Saturday afternoon but they Alam Abdul Rehman Khan, did not complain to the cops

thinking that he must have gone to visit a friend. The body had head injuries and its throat slit. A pair of women’s trousers was wrapped up around his neck, and according to the police, was stitched by the victim himself. The police are considering it an important piece of evidence and suspect that the killer may be a woman. They are also interrogating Nagma about the inci-

dent as her daughter and two of her friends have been missing since last four days. Though Nagma claims that her daughter has gone back to her native place, the police are still trying to trace her location using her cellphone. Senior Inspector R. Bagul of Bangur Nagar police station said, “It is a clear case of murder and the body has been identified. Investigations are on.” Pic: Manoj SIngh

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FOR THANE ONLY...

Members of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Shiv Sena had planned an agitation to safeguard people and push for cluster development in Thane, after which the leaders went on a hunger strike for three days. Yesterday evening, Thane Guardian Minister Ganesh Naik and Minister of State (Urban Development) Uday Samant assured the striking leaders to look into the matter and offered lime juice to those leaders who broke the fast. Seen in the picture are Jitendra Awhad, Navi Mumbai MLA Sandeep Naik, Sanjay Dina Patil among others.

No mobile thefts

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FESTIVAL ‘ALLOWANCE’ Cases filed against businessmen and traders for going on strike over LBT will soon be withdrawn

Complainant alleges that police are refusing to acknowledge that 16 cases of mobile theft have taken place near the City Centre Mall area in Nagpada

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When I did not pay any heed to him, he started hurling complainant, who had abuses, and the moment I been to the Nagpada turned around to look at who Police Station to file a it was, somebody stole my mobile theft complaint dur- cell phone, the Sony Xperia Z ing the end of September, al- which was kept on the pasleges that 16 cases of mobile senger seat.” Merchant immediately theft have taken place in the area around City Centre with rushed to the Nagpada Police Station to file a report for the a similar modus operandi. On September 21, Amjad same. He alleged that the Merchant (30), a resident of constable first refused to file a Byculla, was travelling back to First Information Report his residence from Andheri, (FIR). According to Merchant, when his car halted at the sig- “My relatives and I tried callnal at the City Centre junc- ing many a times on my tion. One person started Vodafone number but nobanging on his car and within body responded. When I seconds, another accomplice checked with the Vodafone flicked his Sony Xperia Z cell call centre executive on Sepphone worth Rs.32,000 right tember 22 regarding the outside the Mumbai Central records of the last five calls, a bus depot. The phone had conversation was reported to been purchased only four have taken place.” Merchant alleges that a days prior to the incident. According to Merchant, conversation took place be“When my car was at the tween Utkarsh Vaje, the InNagpada junction, a person vestigating Officer in the case started banging on my car. and somebody else (whom

Merchant alleges is a robber) on September 22 at 12:02 am. “The constable who registered the complaint (name not known to the complainant) told me that nearly 16 such cases of mobile theft have been registered previously in and around the City Centre area. He showed me the register too and indicated that no action had been taken so far,” said Merchant. According to Nandkumar Krishnarao Mehetar, Senior Police Inspector, “There are only two cases of mobile theft and one of a laptop stolen which have been registered previously. We had put Merchant’s phone on tracking after the FIR was registered. The matter was cleared in front of Amjad Merchant and Utkarsh Vaje, the Investigating Officer.” Mehetar added that there was a misunderstanding from Merchant’s end. kainaz.choksey@afternoon.dc.in

Helpless against juveniles Juvenile male offenders travelling in ladies special trains or in ladies compartments and those performing stunts are often let off by the GRP with only a warning By Kainaz Choksey

he Government Railway Police (GRP) has been partially helpless in handling the lawlessness and the misdemeanour of juveniles towards women who travel in the ladies special trains on the Western, Central and Harbour lines of the Suburban Railways. According to Rajendra Trivedi, Senior Police Police Inspector, Mumbai Central (Western), “Since most of the people who travel on ladies special trains are juveniles under the age group of 13 to 17 years, they cannot be punished severely. They are only let off with a warning”. He further added that 90 per cent of the women who face mischief by teenagers do not

report the matter to the GRP unless there are offences of eve-teasing, molestation or crimes such as chain snatching etc.” According to Trivedi, “The above 18 men who travel in ladies special trains and in ladies compartments are produced before the Railway Magistrate Court and are fined a penalty of Rs.1,000 under the Railways Act”. In cases of juveniles performing stunts, they are mostly let off with warnings and a written bond that states that they will not repeat the stunts. They are handed over to the juvenile home in Dongri. Since they are juveniles, we cannot fine them”, added Trivedi. A daily commuter, Santia Dudi (24), on a Panvel- CST

(ladies special) train witnessed Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel at Wadala taking away around seven teenagers for travelling on the ladies special train recently. When she inquired about what happens to these juveniles, sub- inspector T.N. Bangar, Railway Police Force (RPF),Wadala said, “This is an everyday menace. Juveniles travel on ladies special train and they are let off with a warning”. According to sub-inspector Shekhar Shinde, Kurla (Central), “We have been conducting drives on a weekly basis to generate a fear psychosis in cases of stunts. In the month of September, we carried out a drive at Tilak Nagar station and caught 10 juveniles. We counsel the juveniles and their parents by showing them gory pictures of smashed bodies. We also counsel them that they should think about their families and their dear ones and what they would have to go through in case of a stunt proving fatal or that paralyses them for a life time. The drives have reduced the number of stunts on the Central line and there are no repeated offenders”. According to Trivedi, “Since August 27, the railway police has detained more than 100 commuters, many of them aged under 18, for performing stunts on trains on the Western line”. kainaz.choksey@afternoon.dc.in

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Keriya were also present. According to Lodha, the ome Minister, R.R. Government’s decision to Patil this weekend, has withdraw all the cases stated that all the cases within 30-45 days has filed by the Government given them a reason to against businessmen and cheer before the festive traders during the LBT season. Cases were registered in strike will be withdrawn immediately. A delegation 10 police stations across of businessmen led by the city against the busiMLA Mangal Prabhat nessmen who protested Lodha was given this assur- against the implementaance by the home minister. tion of LBT. A copy of the Representatives of the Fed- list was submitted by MLA eration of Association of Lodha to Home Minister, Maharashtra, led by Vice RR Patil, with a demand Chairman Milap that all the cases be withKanoongo, Metal and drawn. After finding in an Stainless Steel Merchants enquiry at his level that the Association led by Vice long drawn movement was Chairman Narsinghmal more or less peaceful, Patil

said he would try and expedite the process of withdrawal, which should be expected in 30-45 days. Also among the representatives who met RR Patil, were FAM’s Jitubhai Mehta, MASSMA’s Ghewarchand Jain, Secretary Jethmal Bothra, Kanak Parmar and Narendra Bhandari. The LBT strike was initiated after the Government of Maharashtra proposed to implement LBT instead of the existing Octroi. The entire state had come to a standstill for an indefinite period leading to a deadlock, during which cases were registered against businessmen.

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Same issues in state assembly and 2014 polls

ll political parties which are participating in the state assembly elections are not likely to rely on local issues: they are likely to take up the poor performance of the Centre in order to make an impact in the voters. The issues that are going to figure in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections are likely to be the same in the state assembly elections. The Congress will be on the defensive in the five states where all election results will be announced two months hence. The Centre’s corrupt practices, its failure to stop economic show-down, the fast dwindling of the value of the rupee, price rises in all essential consumer items, will be some of the issues which will help the opposition parties to mount a strong attack. The Congress will have a hard time fending off attacks by the opposition parties. It has to rely on its food security and land requisition programmes to put up a poll fight. In Delhi, where the impact of the UPA government is felt more, the Congress defeat is certain. Will a single man who participated in the Nirbhaya protest and faced the brutal attack by the police, vote for the Congress? AAP chief Kejriwal perhaps has a better chance of winning in Delhi than the Congress. The prepoll opinion polls have stated that the BJP has a big chance in Delhi and also in all other states. The poll result will reflect voter perception with regard to the corrupt rule of the UPA at the Centre.

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HE joke in the political circles is that they created the ordinance crisis so that Rahul Gandhi could resolve it at one stroke. Not unlike the hero in Bollywood movies of yore, who would send his flunkies to harass the woman he desires only for him to appear on the scene in the nick of time and rescue the dame in distress, the Gandhi scion aimed to burnish his credentials with the growing middle class. However, he seemed to have played his cards rather crudely. Not only because the timing was all wrong but the other side gave in without offering any resistance. At least, in the Hindi movies the villain lends some credence to his contrived act by exchanging a couple of blows with the hero before fleeing the scene. Here the entire ruling party and the government abjectly surrendered without even trying to explain its abominable decision, suggesting that it knew all along what it was doing was wrong, but, nonetheless, insisted on doing it so that the Crown Prince could come and shred its reputation to bits. Truly, the charade could have been better scripted. The usual suspects who do the nightly round of television studios pontificating over all and sundry matters seem to have most unthinkingly bought into the idea that the young Gandhi scion was motivated by idealism. Nothing could be farther from the truth. For there is nothing in his record to credit him with such lofty beliefs. Otherwise, would he have suffered in complete silence when the UPA government generated a series of scams, one bigger than the other? Or would he have kept his lips sealed when the stain of corruption reached closer home? Come on, if one swallow does not make a summer, a contrived, albeit brash and crude, intervention to bail out the government from a very tight corner, especially after President Pranab Mukherjee had made it plain that he did not intend to sign on the dotted line, does not make the Congress’s Number Two the new Mr Clean. Also, you will recall the woes of the original Mr Clean after Ottavio Quattrocchi was found raking in big bucks on the strength of his proximity to the Family? The point is that the bid to protect the seats of convicted netas had the approval of a vast section of the polity. Initially, even the BJP was vague on the issue, though to be fair, Arun Jaitley, the leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, had all along argued against nixing the apex court verdict both on moral and constitutional grounds. On the other hand, Sushma Swaraj, Jaitley’s counterpart in the Lok Sabha, had argued in the BJP parliamentary party meeting in mid-August in favour of the amendment. The matter had remained unresolved then. Also, at the end of the I-Day function at the Red Fort, Law Minister Kapil Sibal and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had accosted Jaitley, broaching the subject of amendment of the Representation of the People Act to undo the SC verdict. Again, Jaitley is said to have pointed out why the amendment would not pass muster in the apex court because of its breach of the fundamental right to equality between convicted ‘netas’ and convicted private citizens keen on contesting parliamentary or State Assembly polls. At no stage during the interaction did Sibal mention a word about ordinance. The reason why he didn’t is easily explained. At that stage, he was confident that he would be able to get the requisite Bill passed in Parliament and made into law. Indeed, a couple of days later, at the instance of Jaitley, Sibal was in Swaraj’s room in Parliament. The three of them discussed the proposed amendment to the RP Act. While the Law Minister argued for the amendment, Jaitley made a strong case against it, saying how it would be rejected by the SC, and more im-

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portantly, how the BJP’s middle class constituency would not allow them to support such a retrograde measure. Later, after the two Opposition leaders discussed the matter with L.K. Advani, the party duly veered round to the Jaitley point of view and decided to oppose the Bill aimed at nullifying the court order. Indeed, at the time of the introduction of the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, a BJP member opposed it, saying it was both unconstitutional and politically immoral. The government was forced to refer it to the standing committee. However, a couple of days before the monsoon session was due to end, Sibal was under pressure to push through the proposed amendment. The Law Minister spoke to Swaraj about extending the session for a day or two for the purpose, but this was not to be. The special CBI court was scheduled to pronounce judgment in the fodder scam case against Lalu Yadav on September 30. Sibal was now anxious to somehow try and protect his one-time patron who had first made him an MP. The ordinance was the handiwork of Sibal, though, to be fair, the entire brass of the Congress Party had duly endorsed it. The Cabinet put its dhobi mark and sent it up to the President for his pro forma signatures. The BJP protest delegation further strengthened Mukherjee’s hands who asked some tough questions of key ministers. The above

corted Modi to a cultural function in Delhi the same evening. The function was organized by his younger brother, Deepak, himself a great supporter of Modi. Another person who is seen trying to get close to Modi is Hardeep Puri. A member of the Indian Foreign Service, Puri retired recently as India’s Permanent Representative to the UN. Now he is mulling an entry into politics. He recently went to Gandhinagar to meet Modi. And was present at the Delhi rally the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate addressed last Sunday in Rohini. Puri also enjoys the support of Arun Jaitley, the senior BJP leader, who might help him realize his political ambitions.

NA Mo mania and no-show Ra Ga

A MO — short for Narendra Modi — mania seems to have gotten hold of the people, especially the younger generation. After the Na MO shirts, there are now Na Mo computer applications, cell phones, NA Mo computer games, watches, etc. Even a movie based on his life might be in the offing, with the famous Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal, playing the role of Gujarat Chief Minister. Never before had the coming of a political leader evoked such popular hysteria as has the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate. Thanks to Modi, the coming parliamentary contest has acquired all the trappings of a US-style presidential poll, though the Congress’s putative challenger, Rahul Gandhi — Ra Ga to the abbreviation-loving social media community — is yet to pick up the gauntlet.

Your ‘feku’ is better than my ‘feku’

T INSIDE STORY Virendra Kapoor are incontrovertible facts. With all available indications suggesting that the ordinance was doomed, some smart aleck suggested to the Gandhi scion to try and make the best of a bad situation. The dramatic entry into a press conference and the rolling of the kurta sleeves before pronouncing the Cabinet’s twice-considered decision as ‘nonsense…’ was not an act of a man who ponders his decisions calmly before reaching sensible conclusions. It was a staged act which stunned the ruling coalition and left its reputation in tatters. Will any heads roll for the grotesque blunder which has further tarnished the image of the UPA? We doubt. Though if accountability were to prevail, at least Sibal should find himself ejected out from the Cabinet for seeking to push through such an abominable piece of legislation. Ashwani Kumar’s misdeed in trying to vet the CBI report into the Coalgate scam pales in comparison to Sibal’s blatant attempt to ride roughshod over public opinion. Always full of bluff and bluster, Sibal’s ministerial achievements are in inverse proportion to the high-decibel noise he makes about them.

Arun Shourie back in politics?

T is good to see Arun Shourie back in circulation. The former Telecom Minister in the Vajpayee government, who had distanced himself from the party soon after it lost power, can now be seen on various television channels giving interviews and being identified as a BJP leader. In fact, when Narendra Modi was in Delhi to address the mammoth rally in Rohini, Shourie made it a point to meet him. In fact, Shourie it was who es-

O an extent, everyone in politics is a ‘feku’, that is, a boaster. On the day Narendra Modi addressed the rally in Delhi, full-sized flyers were inserted in morning papers, calling the Gujarat Chief Minister a ‘feku.’ The Delhi Chief Minister, these flyers claimed, had done much better than the Gujarat CM, though the latter only made tall claims. But a cursory examination of Sheila Dikshit’s record would prove otherwise. She makes tall claims about her so-called achievements, though if the credit is due to anyone it is to the people of Delhi who have filled the Delhi government coffers to the brim in recent years by way of taxes on most spending and sundry items. Even after making due allowance for the usual leakages into private pockets, a lot of it has had to be necessarily spent on building roads, flyovers, schools, etc. But notwithstanding tall claims, the state of the Delhi schools is in a shambles, there being no water in a number of them, some even do not have proper toilets. Corruption remains undiminished, as tellingly borne out by the case of the private bus on which Nirbhay was gang-raped on December 16 last year. And do not forget that the money spent on the Commonwealth Games by the Delhi government had far exceeded that which was available to Suresh Kalmadi. Tens of crores ostensibly spent on flowers and flower-pots by the Delhi government had vanished into thin air. And that is only one example of waste and theft of funds. There are several more Remember the nth number of indictments handed out by the Delhi Lokayukta? But what takes the cake, and qualifies Dikshit herself to be a ‘feku’ in her own right, is the claim that she introduced CNG buses and three-wheelers in the capital. She did not. The Supreme Court did. In fact, the Delhi government filed an affidavit in the apex court aggressively challenging the move to replace diesel with CNG for running local buses. It was the court which rejected the Delhi government plea, ordering it to switch to CNG for running public transport.

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NaMo’s ‘toilets first’ comment a big blunder THE shocking statement in the name of development made by the Gujarat Chief Minister and the BJP ministerial candidate Narendra Modi that he wants toilets before the temples across the whole country by putting Hindutva on the back burner and comparing toilets with temples is a great insult to Hindu society all over the country and shows that Modi, who kept quiet for last 20 years has realised that toilets have become more important than temples in the name of development and growth to please the people with his selfish personal agenda to become prime minister in 2014 general elections. The statement of the Modi shows that he is not in correct frame of mind and has insulted all Hindus and their culture for his selfish political gain and his ambition to become the prime minister by hook and crook. I

‘Besharam’, a damp squib DEEPA GAHLOT has been very mild on ‘Besharam’, the film featuring Ranbir Kapoor in her general review of a few films in ‘The Third Quarter’ (ADC, Oct 4) by only saying that “the film turned out to be a big letdown”, whereas most of the reviews have rated it very low. There was so much

CRASS, NOT CLASS! Ranbir Kapoor has given a mediocre performance in ‘Besharam.’ Nothing great. of ‘promotion’ of the film and with the veteran couple, Rishi and Neetu Kapoor in it, one expected quite a lot from it. But, as was feared, this new Kapoor, Ranbir, who has been getting as much media exposure as the Gujarat CM in recent months, seems to have lost his head and so has given a very casual performance on the assumption that his film has to be a class one while it has turned out to be only a crass one. The young man will do well to take a leaf from his father’s illustrious career — he is still going strong even after three decades in the industry —, come down to earth and try to do justice to Rishi’s name. — Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

Third Front contenders A TOP communist leader has reportedly said that the yet-to-be born Third Front stands a good chance of grabbing power at the Centre, and in that case, Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav would emerge as the obvious choice for the PM’s post. The comrade seems to have underestimated the clout of other powerful claimants from the Front or from outside, who would be too eager to throw their hats in the ring. They are Mr. Nitish Kumar and

strongly feel that since he has insulted the whole country by comparing toilets with temples, the urgent need of the hour is that all Hindu organisations and the people must protest against his rubbish statement and force him to apologize to the whole country, failing which he must be totally rejected in the forthcoming elections by the people. It is high time the mute BJP leadership considers this issue seriously and restricts Modi from making useless comments in future, otherwise it will surely be disastrous for the BJP.

DESPERATION: The statement of Modi preferring toilets over temples for development shows that he is not in the right frame of mind and has insulted all Hindus.

THE sensible, visionary statesman Narendra Modi has rightly preferred toilets over the temples. His usual short-sighted, thoughtless critics in each and every matter

like Digvijay Singh, Jayram Ramesh and a few others from Congress are perhaps not aware of the age-old saying, “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”. Do any of

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three female aspirants, viz., the Behenji, the Didi and the Puratchhi Thalaivi. Also, the last, but not the least, is the dark horse from Maharashtra, who is waiting in the wings to jump into the fray, if the situation favours him. — Arun Malankar, Santa Cruz

Indian political tamasha WITH elections round the corner, onion prices will crash and markets will probably get overstocked with it. Inflation will presumably drop and growth-rate will increase. Politicians will be infesting houses of the poor, the dalits, to have food. They will wear all sorts of hats, pugdees, will visit minorities to understand their hardships. Liberal schemes/sops will be announced because to announce and give false hopes are the usual gimmicks. There will be rasta rokos, bandhs to highlight the sufferings of the common man. Astrologers, vaastu consultants, gem stone sellers will become rich. The common man, the aam aadmi, or, the damned aadmi, will grudgingly trudge back to his place of work to earn his daily bread. He will realize life has not changed for him. This is the ‘Great Indian Political Tamasha’ going on since Independence. — Harischandra Parshuram, Juhu

India must grab PoK THE Kashmir issue cannot be settled and debilitating intrusions and terror attacks from Pakistan will not cease until India takes over Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) by means of bold and decisive military action, and in the bargain pummels Pakistan to a pulp. It is only then that Nawaz Sharif - or whoever it is that matters - will develop true sincerity in talks with India. All along till now they have been making monkeys of us, and we seem to revel in our ancestral heritage, rather than display a modicum of national pride or a basic animal instinct of self-preservation inherent even in apes. — Phiroze B. Javeri, Mumbai

Impact of US shutdown THE world appears to have been overtaken by deep concern on hearing that the US Obama Govt., has closed down Federal Govt., offices

from October 1, after a period of 17 years. Mr. Obama has made it clear that while he has ensured the payment of salaries to military and some essential services personnel he has sent the Govt., employees ‘home’ on ‘unpaid leave’ and expressed helplessness to pay them even if they were to support their families. Mr. Obama has added that while in 1996 the US economy was hurt but this time around he could not predict as the US was recovering from the terrible recession of 2008. Our PM and FM may well like to address the issue vis-a-vis its impact on our economy and the preventive measures proposed to be taken by the govt. in order to enlighten the public and allay their fears. — T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai

Rahul’s mordant comments IRRESPECTIVE of the fact that Rahul Gandhi’s comments have defamed the Prime Minister and discomfited the govt., he has indeed outmanoeuvred the BJP, OF which wanted to score LETTER THE DAY brownie points by first supporting the contradiction of the Supreme Court judgment banning legislators who were convicted and later do a volte face from it. Whether politically enthused or not, Rahul Gandhi’s mordant censure has saved the government, and

these critics go to any temple or perform ‘pooja’ of God without attending the nature’s call every morning? Besides, I listen to this Congress-led government’s ad on radio in Hindi everyday saying, “Jahaan soch, wahaan shauchalay” (thoughtful people always understand the importance of the toilets). Does this govt. wish that the people, mainly the females, from villages should ‘clean their stomachs’ everyday in the open areas of the villages? — Hansraj Bhat, Borivali

‘CAPTAIN MARVEL’ is the right name for Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate from BJP, who lived up to his name and he is the talk of the town. Modi did make a great impact in the political circle in India in general predominantly the Congress, from the discomfiture of being dubbed a defender of the rapacious and egotistical politicians. As both the principal parties are vying with each other for winning the 2014 general election, the prudent electorate will finally choose between Rahul Gandhi’s image-building exercise and Narendra Modi’s charisma. —K.V. Raman, Malad

Right move by colleges IT’S commendable that city colleges are cracking the whip against those students having low attendance. This is because when it comes to seeking admission, students and parents use all ‘contacts’. After that, it’s a ‘care-a-damn’ attitude by students. They mock at the rules of the Mumbai University as well as the colleges. A line has to be drawn somewhere. What NM College has done is truly commendable. Principal Mantri is a principled, no-nonsense man. Other college principals must toe his line if they want to see their colleges achieving high standards. College trustees must not interfere with the discipline being enforced by their principals. — Ms Geraldine H., Mumbai

Response from BEST THIS has reference to the letter of

and the Delhi political circle, in particular. It was indeed a dream come true position for Modi. The third time in a row Chief Minister played his cards close to his chest and won a vital psychological battle with Congress. From Gujarat politics he has now assumed himself as a marvel in Indian politics and has done lot of spadework and worked wonders in doing lots of good work for the people. He has the magic wand to wave and make things move according to his wishes and that was clearly evident from the landslide victory in Gujarat polls. Most of the NRIs and three-quarters of Indian business leaders believe the UPA II govt. has mismanaged the economy and want Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi to lead the country for good. He is the real ‘Captain Marvel’. — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

Yogesh R. Bhavsar published in your newspaper on August 3, 2013 under heading ‘Disgraceful Conductor’. In this connection, we would like to inform that Bhavsar has not mentioned the details like Bus no., ticket no., bus conductor no. etc. to enable us to take disciplinary action against the bus conductor. However, suitable instructions have been given to all bus conductors working on bus route No. 209. — Virendra Bagul, Public Relations Officer, BEST, Mumbai

Green cover for Mumbai city GREEN COVER initiative assumed greater importance in the present city beautification sector and tree planting takes place as the first step in this direction. Cutting of trees is observed in paces, where it obstructed the view of street lights, blocking the way of platforms and to curtail tree falling during monsoon. It is our earnest desire to make the city neat and clean and the initiative called Clean Green Mumbai is simply a dream come true. It is not right to sacrifice the trees for private realty projects. Govt. should see that unauthorised cutting of trees shall not be permitted and see that the Green Cover Revolution take a better shape with their sincere initiative and make our Green Cover dream come true. — Abhisheck Subramaniam, Sanpada

SC nod for dance bars shocking indeed! ONE is really surprised, shocked and amazed at the SC verdict to allow dance bars to operate in Maharashtra after a gap of seven years when they were shut down by the State govt. under a police ordinance to curb prostitution which was rampant in the name of dance and art. One really fails to understand the logic behind the SC verdict as it is common knowledge that dance bars are a prostitution hub and illicit business takes place under the garb of entertainment. Crime rate in Mumbai had come down after the closure of such bars. The defence that it gave employment to thousands of girls is

BOOST FOR CRIME: Allowing dance bars to function is akin to encouraging prostitution hubs and illicit businesses in the guise of entertainment.

unjustified and if that was the case, the govt. should have opened other legitimate sources of employment for these women. Yes, India is a democratic country and all professions and rights of the people need to be respected. But one has to draw a line when it comes to looking after the safety of the people in such business, the citizens who get lured in illegitimacy and the social implications involved. The State govt. should file a review petition against the SC verdict and if need be, change its own Constitution so that dance bars are not allowed to function. — S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

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All about Electromagnetism

AC Generator: is a generator which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy in the form of alternating current.

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Electromagnetic induction: The process by which a changing magnetic field in a conductor induces a current in another conductor. Magnetic field Induced Current in Part

Current in Coil

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DC Generator: is a generator which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy in the form of direct current.

The direction of induced current is given by Fleming’s right hand rule. Flemings right hand rule : Stretch the thumb, forefinger and central finger of the right hand so that they are perpendicular to each other. If the forefinger indicates the direction of the magnetic field and the thumb shows the direction of the motion of conductor, the central finger will show the direction of induced current.

Domestic electric circuit : Different household appliances are connected in parallel to each other. State Board of Electricity provides us the electric power supply for the houses and factories. Earth Wire Live Wire Neutral Wire

ADC copies are available at An electric generator works on the principle of electromagnetic induction. Electric generator converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. There are two types of electric generators: AC generators and DC generators.

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Electricity meter

Distribution Box containing main switch and fuses for each circuit

Use of electric fuse, earthing the appliances, checking the insulation of the electrical wires periodically are certain safety measures for using electricity.

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In its hunt for innovative and specialised courses, MU is all set to stop any further spread of traditional streams

GETTING READY TO SHINE: After 135 years, the Rajabai Tower is being polished and renovated to shine and stand tall.

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hile the Mumbai University (MU) is stepping ahead for a revision of syllabus and academics in the various streams it offers, the varsity has stated that it will not permit any more colleges for the traditional courses. Keeping in mind the employment and innovation of courses, MU is on the run to hunt new, creative, innovative and extraordinary courses. At present, the varsity has 863 affiliated colleges, amongst which 475 offer the traditional courses of commerce, arts and science. The academic council of the varsity had conducted a statistics of the colleges offering traditional courses; based on which the idea was proposed. Dr. Madhu Nair, Dean of Commerce, MU, said, “The academic council had conducted a statistics for the colleges offering traditional courses. It stated that the number of students pursuing traditional courses had fallen down. It also stated that

there are adequate colleges offering traditional courses, and new colleges are not needed for the same. There is a need for management, business and employment oriented courses which will give a platform and generate employment to a student. Considering these factors, the proposal has been put forward to the senate members”. Keeping in mind the necessity of jobs and the need for innovation of courses, the varsity has asked the academic council members, senate members and its faculties to hunt for innovative and creative courses which can produce employment, upgrade studies and bring in various courses from all the existing fields. Dr. Naresh Chandra, Pro Vice Chancellor, MU said, “The decision was proposed by the academicians and academic council members. In the month of October; the decision will be put forward to the senate members. Depending upon the acceptance of the proposal, the varsity will work upon it”.

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Mid-Cap Consumer Companies are trading at a oneyear forward P/E of 12.8x, broadly in line with its three-year median of 13.1x and there is scope for further upside as their current valuations suggest a discount of 55% to large-caps.

By Dominic Rebello elect mid-cap consumer companies have good long-term growth prospects driven by healthy business fundamentals and attractive market opportunities. Even though consumer spending has declined significantly over the past few quarters, the mid-caps have shown resilience and posted relatively lower moderation in growth than large-cap companies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This resilience gives us confidence in their long-term growth prospects. The mid-cap companies are trading at a oneyear forward P/E of 12.8x, broadly in line with its three-year median of 13.1x. We believe that there is scope for further upside as their current valuations suggest a discount of 55% to large-caps. Considering their healthy growth prospects and strong fundamentals, we believe that current valuation discount should narrowâ&#x20AC;? says CRISIL Research, Over the past few quarters, consumer spending has declined significantly â&#x20AC;&#x201C; growth of private household consumption expenditure dipped to a five-year low of 1.6% in Q1FY14. Persistently weak economic activity, as indicated by weak IIP data, and high

inflation are responsible for the moderation in consumer demand. As per CRISIL Research, the decline in spending is more severe in urban than in rural India. Going ahead, it expects rural consumption to improve following good monsoons coupled with government spending in social benefit programs; urban spending is expected to remain weak. Due to the weak consumer spending, growth in the consumer space has moderated from 24% in Q1FY12 and 20% in Q1FY13 to 13% in Q1FY14. The moderation is more apparent in large consumer companies as average growth in large consumer discretionary group and consumer staples has moderated from 25% in Q1FY13 to 14% in Q1FY14 and from 18% in Q1FY13 to 12% in Q1FY14, respectively. In contrast, the mid-cap consumer group has witnessed relatively lower moderation in growth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from 23% in Q1FY13 to 19% in Q4FY13, which again improved to 21% in Q1FY14. Crisil attributes this resilience to their strong market position, attractive market opportunity and shift from the unorganised to organised segment in their respective industries. It therefore expects select mid-cap

SELECT COMPANIES OFFER UPSIDE

Crisil Research has five consumer stocks under coverage:

Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances Somany Ceramics Gandhimathi and Somany have a valuation grade of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;5/5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, indicating that their market price has a strong upside (more than 25%) from the current levels.

Cera Sanitaryware Cera has a valuation grade of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;4/5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; indicating upside; between 10% and 25% from the CMP.

Kewal Kiran Clothing TTK Prestige Kewal Kiran and TTK have a valuation grade of 3/5, indicating that the CMP is aligned with the fair value; Âą10%.

consumer companies to register strong earnings growth; have good long-term growth prospects and says â&#x20AC;&#x153;Select midcap consumer companies have good long-term growth prospects, largely driven by healthy business fundamentals and attractive market opportunity.â&#x20AC;? Under CRISIL Research coverage, the mid-cap consumer companies are expected to post healthy revenue CAGR of 18% and a PAT CAGR of 20% over the next four years. These companies have strong market position led by well-known brands and wide distribution network which gives them reach to smaller cities. In addition, they have attractive market opportunity as their industries are highly unorganised and relatively less penetrated. And although valuations of mid-cap consumer have improved, there is scope for upside. Mid-cap consumer companies are currently trading at a one-year forward price to earnings (P/E) multiple of 12.8x, broadly in line with the three-year historical median of 13.1x; however, the current valuations suggest a significant discount of 55% to large-cap consumer companies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expect the valuation discount to narrow on the back of strong business fundamentals and growth prospects of the mid-cap consumer companies. Our belief draws strength from fundamentally strong companies such as TTK Prestige Ltd and Page Industries Ltd whose valuation multiples have expanded significantly from 5x and 15x, respectively, to 25x levels for both. As a result, we believe that select mid-cap consumer companies have potential valuation upside and offer long-term value to shareholdersâ&#x20AC;? concludes Crisil.

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Gold Becomes A Safe Haven Again...

By Mayura Shanbaug n times of market turmoil and uncertainty, gold takes on the role of a safe haven and can move in dramatic spurts regardless of how equities, bonds, or even the currency moves. Gold may already be in just such a period now, with uncertainties over the U.S. governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget, credit limit and possible default on its debt payments, continuing expenses in monthly stimulus, and newly added expenses by the Obama government. With the first federal government shutdown in 17 years in US, the situation is potent to propel gold prices sky high.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gold Prices may appreciate internationally due to two reasons; one is the US shutdown and second is postponement of QE by the US government,â&#x20AC;? says C P Krishnan, Whole Time Director, Geojit Comtrade Ltd. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the shutdown continues till the end of third week of this month, then we may see price appreciation of 4-5% internationally by end of this month,â&#x20AC;? he says. Krishnan feels that gold may reach the level of $1382 per ounce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If this level is breeched then we may see gold at $1420 level,â&#x20AC;? he adds. Most experts are in favor of a rising gold price. Since gold is priced in USD, anything affecting the future value of the dollar is worth noting. According to them there are four critical parameters that could trigger a significant opportunity for the gold rise. First is the US government shutdown: the federal government has trimmed its operations to the bare essentials. This may not necessarily be bullish for gold in and of itself, since â&#x20AC;&#x153;a government shutContinued on pg 14 ÂŤ

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Deductions On PF Withdrawal

I was working with a private sector company for almost 3 years and left the job for other employment. During this employment I was member of the PF Trust set up by the company. I have received my full and final settlement from the company after deducting TDS on PF withdrawal. Please advice whether the company has treated the PF amount correctly. —Shraman Sanghvi, Parel If you have not completed 5 years with the company then the PF amount contributed by the company becomes taxable since in a private PF trust the minimum period of contribution for enjoying tax exemption is 5 years. Hence, the company has correctly deducted TDS on PF settlements.

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down is very dis- inflationary by nature and is not a gold driver,” feel experts. “What is bullish for gold, though, is the uncertainty that a government shutdown brings,” they say. Second is the debt ceiling: a continued shutdown puts into doubt the raising of the U.S. government’s credit limit in two weeks. If the limit is not raised in time, the government risks defaulting on its debts. “The market is complacent about government funding and the debt ceiling,” Jonathan Barratt, chief executive officer of commodity newsletter Barratt’s Bulletin write: “We are back in the gold market at $1,324 as we expect a little safe haven buying. We added to our position on the break of $1,333 and are now targeting $1, 350,” he says. Third is the downgrade: any default on government debts will trigger a downgrade of America’s credit rating, which would subject the U.S. to higher interest rates on debt renewals. The last time the U.S. credit rating was downgraded on August 5th, 2011, gold surged upward of $250 in just two weeks. Fourth is dollar pressure: a lower credit rating and higher interest rates on debt would deliver the fourth and final blow onto the U.S. dollar, sending it reeling. And since gold trades relative to the USD, “a softer dollar should be supportive of any gold weakness,” Barratt explains. “The dollar is playing a huge roll. It’s been dropping since last July and appears to have

GOVT APPROVES OVL-OIL BUYING 20% STAKE IN GAS FIELD I have acquired a residential property in the month of April 2013. The agreement is also signed and registered. However, this property is under construction and I have to make payments based on the progress of construction. The total deal value is Rs. 80 lakhs. Please advice whether the payments made subsequent to 1st June 2013 would attract the TDS provisions introduced in the current budget? —Ramesh Mehta, Dadar The deal value exceeds Rs. 50 lakhs. Hence, any payments made after 1st June 2013 would be subject to the new provisions of TDS. Hence, you need to deduct 1% out of the payments and deposit with the government treasury.

I am working with a private company. I have omitted to submit the rent paid details to my employer. My pay slip contains the salary break-up which states amount of HRA entitlement for me. Can I correct my return by claiming the said deduction while filing the return of income? —Kishore Gharat, Thane If you have all the documents related to the rent payment i.e. receipt, agreement, PAN No of landlord then you can claim the deduction for HRA while filing the return of income. There is no restriction under the Act that we need to claim this deduction from the company only. However, it is better to claim from company since this would lead to correct TDS deduction. If you have any Tax Query email it to us at Business@afternoondc.in

The government has approved ONGC Videsh Ltd and its partner Oil India Ltd acquiring a total of 20% stake in a giant offshore gas field in Mozambique for over USD 5 billion. OVL, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), and OIL have been permitted by buy Videocon Group’s 10% interest in the Rovuma Area-1 for USD 2.475 billion. Meanwhile, OVL on its own will acquire US energy major Anadarko Petroleum’s 10% stake in the same block for USD 2.64 billion.

GOVT MAY APPOINT GLOBAL EXPERTS ON SHARP FALL IN KG-D6 GAS OUTPUT

Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily today hinted that the government may appoint an international expert to ascertain the reasons for sharp fall in natural gas production at Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 fields. “There are world renowned experts who definitely can go into these things and can come out with the truth. We don’t want to prevent any truth from coming out,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a conference organised by Indian Chamber of Commerce.

SEBI TO USHER IN MAJOR REFORMS FOR OVERSEAS INVESTORS

With an aim to make Indian capital markets an easier and attractive investment destination for overseas investors, Sebi has finalised detailed regulations for ‘foreign portfolio investors’ (FPIs). The new norms provide an operational framework for FPIs, a new class of overseas investors that club all existing class of investors like Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs). According to pro-

broken its two-year uptrend line. If that continues, that alone will be very supportive of gold and silver heading higher,” says Kishore Narne, Associate Director Head Commodity & Currency, Motilal Oswal Commodity Broker Pvt Ltd. “On the Comex, $1280 is a major support level below which further selling could kick in and $1331 on the upside is a major resistance,” says Narne. However, many believe that this will be a short term phenomenon. Barclays Plc forecasts gold to average $1,270 by the last quarter of 2014, while investment banks Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley forecast gold to resume declines in 2014 as the U.S. economy improves and the Fed finally eliminates its monthly bond purchases for good. As regards India, CP Krishnan, Whole Time Director, Geojit Comtrade Ltd, In India believes gold may not see much appreciation as the Indian currency is also appreciating compared to dollar. Also ahead of the peak festive season jewellers usually make large purchases. However this year, so far they have been making small purchases indicating subdued demand. India, the world’s largest consumer of the precious metal, will celebrate the Hindu festivals of Dussehra in the third week of October and Diwali in the first week of November, a period when buying gold is considered auspicious. “In India gold may hover around Rs

30,500 per ten gram level which may not be breeched in immediate future, if the currency appreciates at the same pace as it is doing now,” he says “We may see the rupee below Rs 60 per dollar by the next week which will be majorly responsible for keeping gold prices at the current levels,” he adds. “Expect gold and silver to trade in a very wide range of Rs 30500 per 10 gram on the upside and Rs 28350 on the downside.” adds Narne as well. This is sharp contrast to the international view.“I think now gold and silver shares are probably as cheap as they’ve ever been in history relative to where this could head. It’s a great buying opportunity, but very few people have seemed to want to take advantage of it” says John Embry, Chief Investment Strategist for Sprott Asset Management of the US. He has studied the gold sector for over 30 years, I don’t value my gold. I have it and it’s my insurance policy. I think it is more important to make sure that one day when the so-called shit hits the fan — and I think the Fed is well on its way to creating that situation — you have access to your gold, that it is not taken away,” says “Dr. Doom” Marc Faber. He needs little introduction: As the founder of the Gloom, Boom and Doom report, Faber has been warning investors about stock market bubbles since the 1987 market crash. He correctly predicted that meltdown as well as the 2009 market bottom and the rise of QE Infinity.

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place on tonday. “The financial bidding for the (state) government’s shares in HPL will take place on Monday afternoon”, West Bengal industry minister Partha Chatterjee told PTI. The government decided to offload its nearly 40 per cent share in the company for which it had appointed Deloitte as transactional adviser. Five companies, both in the private and public sector, had qualified to take part in the bidding process. These companies were Indian Oil, GAIL, ONGC, Reliance Industries and Cairn India.

posed norms, which would be deliberated by Sebi Board here tomorrow here, FPIs in the lowest risk category would not have to pay any registration fees, sources said.

POST-HARVEST MGMT CAN SAVE WASTAGE OF 25 MT FOODGRAINS

India can save up to 25 million tonne (MT) of foodgrain wastage, about 10 per cent of total production, if farmers adopt proper post-harvest management practices, says a study. If farmers carry out activities such as post-harvest cleaning and grading, around 25 MT foodgrains can be saved from wastage, said the study - Value Addition in Agricultural Products in India - prepared by industry body Assocham.

CABINET TO SOON TAKE UP MUDGAL PROBE REPORT ON WALMART

The Cabinet is expected to soon discuss the findings of Mudgal panel which probed allegations of lobbying activities by Walmart to enter the Indian market, as well as the pursuant Action Taken Report. Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot said the Cabinet could not deliberate in detail the panel findings and the ATR. “Because we could not take it up in detail and we had a very short discussion on the report and the Action Taken Report, so it will be taken up for consideration when we (Cabinet) meet next time,” Pilot said.

HPL FINANCIAL BIDDING ON TODAY

The much-awaited sale of West Bengal government’s stake in troubled Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL) would take

GREENDIAMZ LAUNCHES BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING MATERIAL IN GOA

Ahmedabad-based Greendiamz Private Ltd, which produces eco-friendly biodegradable packaging material, has decided to expand its presence in west India by launching its product in Goa. “The product is a fully compostable and 100% bio-degradable plasticlike material, which is made from starch derived from maize, corn or waste wheat in the company’s state-of-art manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad,” Deepak Sanghvi, Managing Director, Greendiamz Private Limited, told reporters here.

IRB COMMENCES TOLL COLLECTION ON JAIPUR DEOLI BOT PROJECT

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd, announced that it has commenced toll collection on its Jaipur Deoli BOT Project. The Jaipur Deoli BOT project, implemented by the wholly-owned SPV of the Company viz. IRB Jaipur Deoli Tollways Pvt. Ltd (SPV), has been issued a Provisional Certificate by the Competent Authority effective September 27, 2013. The project has been commissioned in stipulated time. Consequently, the SPV has started partial toll collection on this project effective September 27, 2013.

Rupee Expected To Trade Sideways

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« FOREX ast week too the Rupee continued to trade strong; it has appreciated for the fifth consecutive week. The Rupee gained over 2% last week taking cues from the strong local equities. Also the Dollar index traded weak and ended in its fifth weekly loss consecutively. As the U.S. government began a partial shutdown last Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, which helped Rupee to trade strong against the mighty. The trading range for the Spot USD/INR pair is expected to be within 60.00 to 63.00.

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1st Support

1st Resistance

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61.4167

60.9783

59.4433

62.9517

64.0483

65.5833

It is recommended to be cautious and Buy USD/INR Futures on dips with the appropriate stop loss as the Rupee is expected to trade sideways and at present not much movement is expected this week. Pivot Point for the Pair is at 62.51 and refer table for Support and Resistance levels. US Economic data last week continued to support the case for modest economic growth in the third quarter. The third release of the second quarter GDP was unchanged from the second release. On the consumer front, personal income and consumption activity rose in August, suggesting further modest growth in consumer spending for the third quarter. Manufacturing sector indicators pointed toward slightly stronger industrial sector activity while housing market data continued to show signs of recovery, but at a somewhat slower pace than previously. Personal income rose 0.4% in August after increasing 0.2% in July. Personal spending activity remained modest, rising 0.3%. The sav-

ing rate edged higher to 4.6%, the first increase since May. Durable goods orders rose a slight 0.1% in August after a larger-than-expected drop in July. Core capital goods orders were also weaker than expected for the month. New home sales rebounded in August, rising 7.9% to a 421,000-unit pace. Although inventories

remain tight, overall levels rose 3.6%. Ongoing debt ceiling stalemate and poor services ISM data sent stocks lower although losses were pared later in the day. House speaker John Boehner was reported to have told other Republican policymakers that he would avoid a Federal default. Meanwhile, several Fed presidents talked about the impacts of the shutdown. Wall Street fell with both the DJIA and the S&P 500 losing -0.90% during the day. In the commodity sector, the front-month contract for WTI crude oil retreated -0.76% while Brent crude contract fell -0.17%.

Sebi Allows Transaction In MF Schemes Via Stock Exchanges MF AUM Slips By 4.5% In the September Quarter The Indian mutual fund industry witnessed investors pulling out their funds from the market. Some of the reasons are volatility in stock market, debt market, Rupee and RBI’s unexpected rate hike. All major asset management companies (AMCs) witnessed a decline in their assets under management (AUM) for the quarter ended September as against that in June. The average AUM for the industry declined by 4.5% in the September quarter to Rs. 8,14,026 crore from Rs. 8,52,662 crore in the quarter ended June. Strong redemption from debt schemes was witnessed in July following RBI’s measures to tighten liquidity and raising the short term rates. Among the top 10 fund houses in terms of AUM, ICICI Prudential MF, UTI, Kotak Mahindra and DSP BlackRock saw large outflows, while Franklin Templeton and IDFC saw an increase of 4.7% and 1.5% respectively.

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n an excellent move last week, Sebi allowed MF distributors to use the infrastructure of stock exchanges for purchase and redemption of mutual fund units directly from Assets Management Companies on behalf of their clients. This would be in addition to the existing channels of mutual fund distribution. The move is aimed at leveraging the stock exchange platform, which would eventually help MF distributors to improve their reach. “It has been decided to allow MF distributors to use recognised stock exchanges’ infrastructure to purchase and redeem mutual fund units directly from Mutual Fund/AMCs on behalf of their clients,” Sebi said in a circular. At present, this facility is available for stock brokers and clearing members only. However, Sebi said only a MF distributor registered with Amfi (Association of Mutual Funds in India) and who has been permitted by the stock exchange concerned would be eligible for this purpose. The stock exchange would grant permission on a request made by a Amfi registered MF distributor on the basis of criteria including fee and code of conduct among others as laid down by it. Sebi said that MF distributors would not handle payout and pay in of funds as well as units

on behalf of investor.“The stock exchange shall put necessary system in place to ensure that pay in will be directly received by recognised Clearing Corporation and payout will be directly made to investor account,” the regulator said. In the same manner, units shall be credited

and debited directly from the demat account of investors, it added. Sebi has asked stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depositories to provide detailed operating guidelines for MF distributor to facilitate this new norms.

MUTUAL FUND UPDATE

HDFC Quarterly Interval Fund - Plan B declares dividend HDFC Mutual Fund has announced dividend under the wholesale plan - dividend payout option, retail plan - dividend option and retail plan - direct plan - dividend option of HDFC Quarterly Interval Fund - Plan B, an interval income scheme. The record date for declaration of dividend is October 07, 2013. The amount of dividend (Rs per unit) will be distributable surplus, as reduced by applicable statutory levy on the face value of Rs 10 per unit.

Mirae Asset Ultra Short Term Bond Fund declares dividend Mirae Asset Mutual Fund has announced dividend under the Institutional Plan - quarterly dividend option and Direct Plan - quarterly dividend option of Mirae Asset Ultra Short Term Bond Fund. The record date for declaration of dividend is October 07, 2013. The quantum of dividend (Rs per unit) will be Rs 21 for Institutional Plan - quarterly dividend option and

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ICICI Pru Quarterly Interval Plan B declares dividend ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has announced dividend under Retail Plan and Direct Plan of ICICI Prudential Interval Fund IV - Quarterly Interval Plan B. The record date for declaration of dividend is October 08, 2013. The recommended rate of dividend (Rs per unit) on the face value of Rs 10 per unit will be: ICICI Prudential Interval Fund IV - Quarterly Interval Plan B - Retail Dividend: Rs 0.2076 per unit ICICI Prudential Interval Fund IV - Quarterly Interval Plan B - Direct Plan - Dividend: Rs 0.2157 per unit ICICI Prudential Interval Fund IV - Quarterly Interval Plan B - Direct Plan Quarterly Dividend Payout: Rs 0.2157 per unit

Baroda Pioneer MF announces dividend under three schemes Baroda Pioneer Mutual Fund has announced October 7 as the record date for declaration of dividend under three schemes-Baroda Pioneer Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Bond FundPlan A-Quarterly Dividend Option, Baroda Pioneer Treasury Advantage Fund-Quarterly Dividend Option-Plan A, Plan B (Direct), Erstwhile Regular Plan and Baroda Pioneer Monthly Income Plan (MIP) Fund-Plan A Quarterly Dividend Option.

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e has suddenly got confident and bullish. Asserting that the government has the capacity to overcome “this period of stress”, Finance Minister Chidambaram on Saturday said the current account deficit will be contained below USD 70 billion this fiscal. “Last year I was told by pundits, analysts and rating agencies and all the wise people who appear on televisions every day that we cannot contain the fiscal deficit. I’m happy that we were able to surprise them; ....We are told that the government cannot contain the current account deficit, I said last year we had the deficit of USD 88 billion, this year I’m betting at USD 70 billion, and I will contain it below 70 billion,” he said at a State Bank of Mysore event here.

Last year I was told by pundits, analysts and rating agencies and all the wise people who appear on televisions every day that we cannot contain the fiscal deficit. I’m happy that we were able to surprise them… this year our growth will be better than last year, and next year we should move to a growth close to between 6-7% and in the year after that we must discover our true potential growth rate of 8%.”

—Finance Minister Chidambaram

“Let me tell you, I will surprise them once again, we will contain it below USD 70 billion. I say this because we have intellectual capacity among our senior economists and administrator, we have the institutional capacity and above all we have our people who give us the confidence to overcome stress,” he said. Stating that “Our people save and that is a biggest asset to us”, Chidambaram said, “people of India save like no other people anywhere in the world, in worst of times our savings ratio did not go below 30 per cent.” “If those savings are channelised into productive investment and if we create a climate where people can take risk, I have no doubt in my mind that we will be able to get over this period of stress.” Asking people to be confident, he said “this year our growth will be better than last year, and next year we should move to a growth close to between 6-7 per cent and in the year after that we must discover our true potential growth rate of 8 per cent.” Regarding his confidence in controlling the CAD, he said “The confidence comes from my knowledge of the numbers, from the fact that gold imports have sharply compressed in the month of July, August and September, exports have picked up briskly and smartly.“ “Only yesterday the Governor (of RBI) said he has got USD 5.6 billion of FCNRB accounts, so I’m confident and I want you to share my confidence,” he added.

Growth Likely To Pick Up In Second Half CLIFTON DESILVA

is an investment expert and a Director at Altina Securities.

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here are expectations that the global economic recovery led by Europe and US is underway. Indications are that emerging markets are also expected to benefit from the recovery as it is believed that liquidity will stay in abundance. Meanwhile, the MSCI emerging market index has risen nearly 5% in the last 3 months. The prospects of recovery in Europe, the continuation of the QE programmes by the US Federal Reserve is likely to drive growth in many parts of the world and also Japan is determined to ramp up activity in its economy with its own ambitious monetary policy regime. The recent outflows from emerging markets are likely to prove temporary. On the Indian front the outlook on various parameters are looking better. The twin deficits, the current account deficit and the fiscal deficits are being addressed. The Finance Ministry has reiterated that the government will not breach its fiscal target of 4.8% of GDP for the current fiscal and it will be able to finance the current account deficit (CAD) comfortably. The CAD in the quarter ended June was 4.9% of GDP and much higher than 3.7% in the previous quarter. Tight controls over gold imports by the

Reserve Bank of India seem to be yielding results, Imports of gold for the quarter ended September fell by over 77% in value and 28% in volume according to finance ministry data. At 12-15 tonnes, the imports in September are estimated to be much lower than the same month last year than in the same period last year. The overall import bill for July – September quarter on account of gold would be $2.7 billion as against $11.9 billion in the same period last year. That should help to keep the current account deficit under control. The trade deficit narrowed in August to a five month low of $10.9 billion. Thus the CAD is expected to be contained at $70 billion, (3.7% of GDP). With the measures announced by the finance minister on August 12 to compress gold, it is estimated that gold imports could be restricted to about 800 tonnes and substantial gains could accrue in the next nine months. In the June quarter, gross domestic product grew at 4.4% the weakest quarterly pace in four years. However, economic affairs secretary is of the view that the worst is behind the Indian economy and economic growth would rebound marginally in the fiscal second quarter ended September. There are indications that the Q2 GDP (gross domestic product) growth should be better than the first quarter. Growth appears to be clawing back with the economic environment now conducive to growth and growth in the financial year is expected to more than 5%. Growth in the second quarter is expected to outpace that in the first quarter with industrial production improving, a rise in electricity, construction and coal output and an increase in sown area by 9.1%. The July factory output measured in terms of Index of industrial production (IIP), rose by

2.6% after two consecutive months of contraction because a significant rise in manufacturing activities. While the current account deficit was 4.9% of GDP in the first quarter, fiscal deficit was almost three fourths of the budget target in the first five months of the fiscal. The higher fiscal deficit was to an extent deliberate as the government had speeded plan spending in the early months to support welfare schemes. The total plan expenditure at the end of August was 33% of the budget estimate compared to 28.4% at the same time last year. Revenue collections tends to pick up pace in the second half of the year and to that extent fiscal deficit is higher in the first half. Also, the government has already completed two thirds of its borrowings pegged at Rs 3.44 lakh crore and would not borrow more than the budgeted Rs 2.25 crore in the second half of the fiscal. . On the expenditure side, total expenditure in the first five months of the fiscal (April-August) is 39.8% of the full year budget estimate against 37.9% during the same period a year ago. Bank credit to large and mid-sized companies increased in the five months until 23rd August and it is attributed to the increased credit flow to money being drawn to meet cost escalation in delayed projects. According to the Reserve Bank of India, loan growth to medium sized companies grew 8% between 23rd March and 23rd August compared to 0.4% in the corresponding period last year. For large companies, loan growth in the period was 4.5% against 2.6% last year. The revival is also visible in the fund starved infrastructure sector too, where bank loans grew by 7.5% against 3.8% last year. There are a lot of projects that got delayed which are slowly coming to the implementation stage and they are drawing money. The

sharp depreciation in the rupee contributed to the rise in domestic loan growth. A falling rupee has made foreign currency borrowing expensive for companies and many of them have turned to local avenues for raising money. The UPA Government has been struggling to revive the industrial activity by unlocking the policy logjam holding up projects. A Cabinet

Committee on investment (CCI) has been set to get stalled projects off the ground. CCI has cleared 36 projects envisaging an investment of Rs 1.83 lakh crores. These projects include 18 power projects with an investment of Rs 83,772 crore and 9 other infrastructure projects with a total outlay of Rs 14,084 crores. The auto sector is also showing slight signs of recovery. In the four wheeler and

two wheeler segment the news has been good with Maruti Suzuki India and Hero Motor Corp, the country’s largest automobile manufacturers in the passenger car and two wheeler segment respectively posting better than expected sales numbers in September raising hopes of a pick-up in the festive session. For Maruti Suzuki, exports did the trick. While domestic sales were up 1.8% to 90,399 units last month, exports surged 180% to 14,565 units. The strong rebound in shipments abroad raised the total sales of the company up 11.7% to 104,964 units. Even conceding that last September exports were hit by labour unrest, the sales are still 50% more than the company’s average exports of 10,000 vehicles a month. Sales of two wheelers were up for the second month hinting at improvement in rural consumer sentiment. while the wholesale numbers for Hero Corp increased 15.8% to 468670 units in September, rival Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India saw record off take of 3,28,965 units, up 35%. The forthcoming general elections, good monsoons and a higher rural demand as well as festive demand are expected to provide automobile companies a break from the continual demand drop in the past months The international Monetary Fund (IMF) projects growth of more than 5% for the Indian economy in 2013 which is still above most developed countries. Foreign investors purchased Rs 12,000 crore worth of stocks in September after selling more than Rs 20,000 crore in the three months ended August, Thus in summary most of the data points are indicating that the worst appears to be behind us, though these are early days and stock markets are known to discount the future much ahead.

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is CMD of Samsika Marketing Consultancy

« BRAND LEISURE

ne of the fastest growing markets in India is the “Leisure Market”. By definition leisure means, “time free from work”. In other words when you do things leisurely it is without hurry and I may add, without worry. In today’s hustle and bustle and life full of strain and stress, it is but natural that consumers are going to be attracted more and more towards leisure. Brands which encourage leisure activities and provide an atmosphere which is able to soothe the senses and relax the mind and ease the body are going to

be preferred more and more by today’s Indian consumers. Brand Leisure to my mind is going to be one of the most lucrative and fast growth market opportunities in today’s India. What are the segments, which constitute the brand leisure market? To my mind, to look at the five senses makes the most sense, while analyzing the brand leisure market. Two of the senses that are sight and sound – to see and to hear – could be a large constituent of the brand leisure market. Whether going to a multiplex and enjoying a movie or using your leisure time to watch your favorite show on the television could be great opportunities of making your brand provide leisure to consumers who can then be relaxed and rejuvenated after that piece of activity or shall I call it inactivity. Audio visuals in a pleasant manner are one of the great opportunities for entertainment and leisure. If it is only related to sight then it could be watching the sunrise from a particular location or point, or letting your eyes feast on the wonders of nature whether from a hill station or a beach or even from 36,000 ft in an airplane.

Thus we see that this brand of leisure can give satisfaction to consumers from various normal brands and there could be brands exclusively, which provides leisure. The other senses including the feel and the taste and the smell can provide leisure whether through flowers or through a quiet meal or a swim or a visit to a spa, whether it be a club or a 5 star hotel, whether it be a short break from work everyday or a long break on a holiday, it makes sense to use the 5 senses to savour and delight and indulge in brand leisure. Indians have been able to get most of their material benefits whether it is a house or a car, whether it is attire or status. What Indians now aspire for is that precious elements – LEISURE – time free from work. Brands, which are able to provide in part or in total relaxed feelings to Indians, would be brands, which would command a premium and have a positive word of mouth. Whether it be entertainment in the form of films or music, whether it be a visit to the Club or a private moment of peace, brands which

would help Indians enjoy leisure are going to be preferred brands in the future. It is not only brands, which market holidays or trips or tours or vacations or clubs which are going to be important leisure brands. Even normal brands in any sector can always release sometime for the consumers and release the consumers from stressful activities. These brands will be truly leisure brands and will make the Brand Leisure market grow fast in a slow leisurely manner. The brand leisure market is applicable to all segments, whether they are young or old, whether they are children or senior citizens. If it is school kids, they also need leisure from the work and homework. If it is adults they need time off and breaks from their office work and from their business. Thus we see that brand leisure as a market throws us opportunities as a market across all eight segments. Similarly, across towns and villages, across the east and the west and the north and the south, consumers look for leisure as an inspirational element and value it immensely. This most important and precious ingredient in a human being’s life is being seen as precious as clean air, or pure water as an element which improves the quality of

life. So if a car is able to provide some time off during a drive or a book read in a bookstore or in a bedroom is able to provide relaxation and leisure, all these become very valuable moments which are treasured and looked up to and desired by consumers. In today’s urban world a large amount of time is spent commuting to and fro from work and the pressure of keeping pace with the fast life makes it even more valuable to add few moments of leisure. Therefore, Clubs, which provide a quiet tennis game or a few caps in the swimming pool or a peaceful drink, all add up to rejuvenating the body mind and soul so that people can get back to work, rejuvenated and refreshed. To my mind, brand leisure is the going to be the difference between brands, which are hated, or brands, which are loved. Brand leisure is a true opportunity in today’s India and brand marketers must handle this in a sensitive and peaceful manner to improve the quality of life of the Indian consumer. Copyright © 2013, All rights reserved. Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at jk@samsika.com

MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013

« INVESTING ROOP KARNANI

is a Senior Journalist, Author and Industry Analyst

Festive Positives T

his time around, the festive season and the earnings season for Q2 earnings will more or less coincide. The question is – will one or the other bring cheer and end on a happy note on November 3rd, which is Diwali and the beginning of the Samvat or Hindu New Year, for both the markets and the companies who are slated to declare results from this week onwards? IT bellwethers Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL Tech and Tech Mahindra would possibly meet investor expectations by delivering a solid set of results, both in terms of revenues and profits, due to depreciation of the rupee. However, a prolonged US shutdown could cast a shadow on these companies’ stocks postresults, which could be a good time to accumulate these stocks for the medium to long-term. Will the good monsoon reflect in some of the earnings? Yes, it would be, in case of two-wheeler majors like Bajaj Auto and Hero Motocorp to some extent, and hopes of better sales extending into Q3. Companies like M&M would hold out due to better tractor sales, despite lower auto numbers. Tractor sales are expected to remain good in Q3.

Analysts would also watch out for consumer spending in the ensuing festive season. Sales of consumer durables, Autos (4-wheelers would be under close watch), Gold jewellery (related stocks TBZ, Titan, etc. would be watched by analysts), eateries like Jubilant Foodworks, Speciality Restaurants and also foodrelated companies like Tata Global Beverages, all in their expansion phase are considered good bets by brokerages. A kind of interest subvention announced by the Finance Minister for PSU Banks, who will lend at discounted interest rates to consumers buying autos, consumer goods, etc., is expected to ‘pump prime’ the investment cycle in these sectors. This is being regarded as a fresh stimulus package by the Government. It is expected to provide some forward momentum to the sagging growth. Overall, investors need to be cautious and invest in soundly managed companies, with a reasonable earnings visibility. It is best to avoid the Pharma sector, which is under a regulating cloud from the US, its biggest market. If one has to buy into this sector, only 2 or 3 stocks come to mind like Lupin, Sun Pharma and Glenmark, in the midcap space. These too should be bought on dips. The US shutdown needs to be watched carefully. And so does the QE3 tapering, because any prolonged shutdown would impact not only the US economy, but also the global economy, which could lead to further volatility in the markets. Also, the mention of QE3 getting delayed or on time, tends to have kneejerk reactions from the Indian stock markets. This columnist wishes all readers a very Happy Navratri & a Happy Dussehra!

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

Company

ABIRLANUVO ACC

ADANIENT

ADANIPORTS

ADANIPOWER ALBK

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AMBUJACEM

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ANDHRABANK ARVIND

ASHOKLEY

ASIANPAINT

AUROPHARMA AXISBANK

BAJAJ-AUTO

BANKBARODA BANKINDIA

BANKNIFTY BATAINDIA

BHARATFORG BHARTIARTL BHEL

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2135 523

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EXIDEIND

FEDERALBNK FINANTECH FRL

GAIL

GLENMARK GMRINFRA

GODREJIND GRASIM GSPL

HAVELLS

HCLTECH HDFC

HDFCBANK HDIL

HEROMOTOCO HEXAWARE HINDALCO

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335

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324

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130 124

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HINDZINC

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134

ICICIBANK

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926

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1035

872

818

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175

174

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188

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160

IBREALEST IDBI

IDFC IFCI

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194 612

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756

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HINDUNILVR

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618

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105

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130 55

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281

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294

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400

392

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3038

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214

211

219

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197

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343

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350

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52 83

56 88

43 74

MCLEODRUSS NHPC

334

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313

MCDOWELL-N

129

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826 867

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720

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1415

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ONGC

OPTOCIRCUI

ORIENTBANK

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11969

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RANBAXY RCOM

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PUNJLLOYD

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16468

PNB PTC

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POWERGRID

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2441

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698

LUPIN M&M

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208

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263

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311

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340

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246

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KTKBANK

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256

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452

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910

JUBLFOOD

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JSWSTEEL

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JPPOWER

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1828

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CESC

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SUNPHARMA

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614

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RENUKA

RPOWER SAIL

SBIN

SIEMENS SSLT

SUNTV

SYNDIBANK

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500 189 412

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244

TATAGLOBAL

155

TATACOMM

TATAMOTORS

TATAMTRDVR TATAPOWER TATASTEEL TCS

TECHM TITAN

UCOBANK

ULTRACEMCO UNIONBANK UNIPHOS UNITECH

VIJAYABANK VOLTAS

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20 54

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513 197

531 210

475

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108

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101

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Intraweek Support and Resistance Levels Based on the “Pivotal Point” theory of Techincal Analysis PP Points indicate the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-week.

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013

« TOP VIEW

We have not made a short term estimate. The Planning Commission will certainly revisit the growth prospects. I remain of the view that the medium term 8% average economic growth remains valid but it will take longer to get there because (the growth in) first two years have been disappointingly low. — Montek Singh Ahluwalia Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS PRABHUDAS LILLADHER CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON WIPRO CMP: Rs. 483

Markets Positively Biased NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (October 7, 2013) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty fell marginally on Friday (October 04, 2013) a net 2.40 points (0.04%) and closed at the 5907 point level. The market opened down at the 5891 points level. It then rose sharply into the green and turned into a range bound movement until 10.33 a.m. The index then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 5885 points level at 10.46 a.m. It then bounced back into the green and turned into a range bound movement until 2.00 p.m. The index then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 5950 points level at 2.13 p.m. It then declined and turned into a range bound movement to close the day on a flat note. The Nifty witness a volatile session and moved in a range of 65 points level. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 30 were losers, 19 were gainers and 1 remained unchanged. Buying was seen in realty, auto, metal, oil & gas, consumer durables and FMCG stocks, while selling was seen in power, capital goods, banking, IT, technology and healthcare stocks. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 3.68%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was neutral. Amongst all the traded stocks, 657 were gainers, 697 were losers and 57 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is above the slow D line (positive if it continues). RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now turned flat (positive if it rises).

MACD Indicator: The MACD is above zero and is rising (positive if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average (negative).

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a neutral bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5692 points level. The next support is at the 5561 points level. Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 6123 points level. The next resistance is at the 6223 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 5914 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 5878. Support (2) = 5849. Resistance (1) = 5944. Resistance (2) = 5980.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a doji pattern. This indicates indecisiveness amongst investors. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is towards the buy or sell side of the market. However, the index is above the 5, 15, 25 and 20 0 days movi ng averag es and all the four ave rag es are rising. Fur ther, the veloci ty parameters to o indicate strength. Both these indicate a positive bias. Investors are advised to hold long positions but with a strict stop loss at the 200-day average at the 5840 point’s level.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line and both lines are diverging (positive if it continues). The ADX is flat while the Market Index is flat. No signal here. MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 5833) Positive. Is above its 15-day average (at 5884) Positive. Is above its 25-day average (at 5777) Positive. Is above its 200-day average (at 5840) Positive.

Disclaimer: Investment recommendations made in ‘ADC’ are for information purposes only and derived from sources that are deemed to be reliable but their accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. ‘ADC’ or the analyst/writer does not accept any liability for the use of this column for the buying or selling of securities. Readers of this newspaper who buy or sell securities based on the information in this newspaper are solely responsible for their actions. ‘ADC’ and/or its affiliates and/or employees and/or the author, his company or his acquaintances may have interests/ positions, financial or otherwise in the securities mentioned in this newspaper.

Target Rs. 600

Wipro made changes in the role of some in its top management like Mr. Shaji Farooq, Mr Soumitro Ghosh, Mr GK Prasanna and Mr.Jeffery Jalil. All these members would now report to Mr. TK Kurien (CEO). These changes would be effective from January 1, 2014. We believe that the resignation of Wipro veteran, Mr. Anand Sankaran, is the last leg of restructuring. New roles assigned to the members would unleash their strength in respective profiles. We continue to maintain “BUY” rating. Mr. Shaji Farooq – Global Head of BFSI: Mr. Shaji Farooq will takeover the role of Global Head of BFSI from Mr. Soumitro Ghosh. He is currently leading Wipro’s Advanced Technologies Service Line and go-to-market transformation strategy. A Stern (NYU) MBA was heading BFSI division of Infosys in North America before joining Wipro in August 2012. Valuation and Recommendation – Retain ‘BUY’ with target price of Rs600: We see this as the last leg of restructuring for the company. The company has managed to turn the tide and started to see some initial signs of success with key few deal wins. We expect revenue momentum to get stronger in FY15.

NOMURA CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON TATA MOTORS CMP: Rs. 350

Target Rs. 391

JLR’s Sep-13 retail sales volume in the US came in at 4,700 units; up 1% YoY. Volumes of other luxury OEMs have grown in the 6-8% range. We note that JLR’s growth was impacted by 21% decline in RR Sport volumes possibly due to the impending launch of new model. Further, there were two selling days fewer in September this year which would have impacted growth by around 8% for all players Jaguar volumes have increased by 31% yoy helped by the launch of new Jaguar F-Type and strong growth in XF models. Land Rover volumes declined by 7% led by 1) 21% decline in RR Sport volumes and 2) double-digit volume decline in Freelander and Discovery volumes. Range Rover and Evoque volumes increased by 20% plus in Sep-13. Valuation Methodology We value TTMT on a sum-of-the-parts methodology to arrive at our TP of INR 391/sh. We value JLR at INR319.3/sh, based on 3.5x FY15F normalized EBITDA. We deduct the value of the unfunded pension liability of GBP657mn (~INR19/sh) to arrive at JLR’s valuation. We value the standalone business at INR4.7/sh based on 0.5x FY15F sales. The multiple is in line with the trough multiple of the company in previous downcycles (2001-03) and current trading multiple of Ashok Leyland (AL IN, Neutral) of 0.5x 1-yr fwd EV/Sales. We value other investments at INR44/sh. We have rolled forward our target price to Sep-14.

SHAREKHAN CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON BANK OF BARODA CMP: Rs. 520

Target Rs. 600

We interacted with the management of Bank of Baroda (BOB) to get an outlook on the asset quality and the impact on the net interest margins (NIMs) in the light of hardening of the interest rates. The key positive takeaways include (a) the domestic NIMs may improve to ~3% led by the reduction in the high cost bulk deposits; (b) slippages may remain closer to Q1FY2014 levels (ie ~Rs2,000 crore) in Q2FY2014 and would taper from H2; and (c) limited impact on investment book due to leeway given by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI; ie transfer from available for sale [AFS] to held to maturity [HTM] based on yields in July 15). On the flip side, the restructuring pipeline is still concerning and the restructured loans will continue to mount over the next couple of quarters. After the interaction, we have trimmed our estimates for FY2014 and FY2015 to factor a 10-15basis-point impact on the NIMs. Consequently, the return on asset (ROA) is expected to decline to 0.75% in FY2015 from 0.9% in FY2013. We have revised our price target to Rs600 (0.8 x FY2015 adjusted book value) in line with our revised estimates. Though we have a negative outlook on the public sector undertaking (PSU) banks, we prefer BOB due to its relatively better asset quality, healthy capitalisation and reasonable valuations. Any negative surprise on the asset quality front is a risk to our call. Please send all business and corporate related mails to business@afternoondc.in

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2013

Term Plans Have Medical And Financial Underwriting MANOJ ASWANI

is VP at MyInsurance Club.com

« INSURANCE

I am 33 years old and had developed Diabetes 2.5 years back. Now, I have applied for an Aviva term policy for 50lakhs (Rs 9500 premium) and undergone medical tests. Based on medical result they are asking double (Rs 19000) the premium. Should I take the policy or not? Please suggest me alternative. —Nisar Shaikh, Masjid Bunder Each and every Term Plan has very strict Medical as well as Financial Underwriting. Financial Underwriting is done based on your financial credentials, premium paying capacity and financial health for Moral Hazard. However, Medical Underwriting is done based on your health, family details, family history, BMI, medical tests, declaration of medication, surgery and accident, occupation, hobbies, etc. for Medical Hazards. Based on their Underwriting decisions, Insurance companies can accept, reject, rate up or provide counter offers of each and every policy. Now, based on the medical underwriting,

By Manoj Aswani

anara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Future Smart Plan is a Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) for the benefit of a child, where the parent is the Life Insured. Thus, it is a Non-Traditional Insurance Plan without Bonus Facility. In this plan, premium needs to be paid at least for 10 years or till the end of the Policy Tenure, as selected. There are 2 variants of this plan: Option 1- Death Only Option 2- Death or Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) Thus, in this plan, under Option 2, if the Life Insured meets with a Disability, then all future premiums are paid by the company and the plan continues as scheduled. The Fund Value is paid on survival till the end of the Policy Tenure as Maturity Benefit. However, under both Options, if the Life Insured dies within the Policy Tenure, the Sum Assured is paid as Immediate Death Benefit. Also, all future premiums are paid by the company and the plan continues as scheduled and the Fund Value is paid to the nominee on Maturity of the policy. There are some unique features like AutoRebalancing, Safe Switch Option and Milestone Withdrawal Option in this plan which can be utilized for the benefit of the child. KEY FEATURES There are 2 basic Benefit options in this plan which needs to be chosen at inception Death Benefit only Death or Total & Permanent Disability Benefit To maintain the chosen allocation of funds in its specific proportion, there is a unique feature called Auto-Rebalancing Option. It

your policy has been rated up as the risk on your life has been considered by the underwriters at Aviva. Hence they have loaded your policy with a Loading over and above the premium and have given you a counter offer for Rs 50 lakhs. Now, it is upto you whether you will accept this plan or not. Now, you can accept this plan but there are chances that most underwriters will rate your policy since you have diabetes and it is a continuous Illness which never gets cured. However, before you opt for the counter offer, you may check with LIC with your Date of Birth for a quotation of Rs 50 lakhs of LIC JeevanAmulya Plan. This is because the Aviva plan isn’t cheap despite the fact that it is online just because the policy has been heavily loaded and hence might become as expensive as LIC Plan. Thus, you can surely opt for Aviva Plan but it makes most sense to check the premium for LIC Plan before doing so.

I am 57 years old having diabetes and hypertension since the last 10 years which is well controlled by certain pills. Please suggest a good health insurance plan which suits me. Can I take treatment from government hospitals e.g AIIMS etc. instead of network hospitals of companies and my bills for hospital expenses, medicines and investigations will be reimbursed by insurance companies? —Shankar Jadhav Let me explain the basic concept of Pre-existing Illness Cover. There are certain plans which cover Pre Existing Illnesses, i.e. those illness’ which have been diagnosed, irrespective of the fact whether it has been treated or not, are

considered to be pre-existing at the time of policy application. Illnesses would not be covered under insurance which you have not taken yet, since it would then defy the basic concept of insurance, which covers the UNKNOWN risk. Pre Existing Illnesses However, there are many plans which cover pre-existing diseases and the same is covered after a certain waiting period. Most insurers which do cover pre existing diseases have a waiting period for 3-4 years. However, it is still worth taking the plan, since you would get coverage for all other ailments other than preexisting conditions from day 1. The concept of insurance is that it covers unknown risks and not known ones. However, it will still cover all your ailments after the cer-

tain waiting period is over. The plans that you can consider now are: 1. Reliance Healthwise Plan covers all all preexisting diseases after 2 or 4 years of waiting, depending on the plan opted for 2. Max Bupa Heartbeat Individual Plan covers all pre-existing diseases after 4 years of waiting, 3. Apollo Munich Easy Health Individual Policy covers all pre-existing diseases after 3 years of waiting. Only remember to mention your previous illness in the proposal form without fail. (The author is Vice President at www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India. You may write to him at manoj@myinsuranceclub.com)

« PRODUCT REVIEW: CANARA HSBC ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE LIFE INSURANCE FUTURE SMART PLAN

Parent Insured, Child Secured

means automatically rebalances the allocation of the investments in various funds to the allocation proportions chosen once in every 3 months To avoid market fluctuation at the time of policy maturity, there is an option called Safety Switch Option. It means that in that last 4 years, the fund automatically switches from the chosen allocation to a low risk fund so that the market volatility does not affect the fund status. There is an option called Milestone Withdrawal Option, where 15% of the Fund Value is paid each year in the last 5 years of the policy There is an option to increase or decrease the sum assured from the 6 policy year onwards The child is the nominee in this plan

BENEFITS Death Benefit – In case of death of the parent (Life Insured), the child (Nominee/Beneficiary) would get the Sum Assured as Immediate Death Benefit. The future premiums would be paid by the company in a lump sum and the child would also receive the Fund Value on policy maturity. Disability Benefit- Under Option 2 selected- In case of disability of the parent (Life Insured), all future premiums would be waived off and paid by the company as and when due and the Fund Value would be paid to the policyholder

on maturity of the policy tenure.

Maturity Benefit – On maturity, the Fund Value is paid to the policyholder as Maturity Benefit and the policy terminates. Income Tax Benefit - Life Insurance premiums paid up to Rs. 1,00,000 are allowed as a deduction from the taxable income each year under section 80C. The Maturity Proceeds are also tax free under section 10(10)D under the mentioned clauses LOAN Loan facility is not available in this plan

SURRENDER VALUE If the policy holder wants to surrender the policy before completing 5 years, then the insurance cover will cease and the Fund Value net of any discontinuance charge, if at least 5 years’ premiums have not been paid, will be transferred to the Discontinued Policy Fund. The Discontinued Policy Fund will earn a minimum guaranteed interest rate of 3.5% p.a. and the proceeds from this will be payable after the fifth policy anniversary. In case of death of the Life Assured during this period, only the accumulated fund value will be payable to the nominee. If the policyholder surrenders the policy after completion of 5 policy years, then there is no Surrender/Discontinuance Charges and the Fund Value is paid to the policy holder and the policy will terminate immediately.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS Min.

Sum Assured (in Rs.) Policy Term (in years)

Premium Payment Term (in years) Entry Age of Policyholder (in years)

Entry Age of Child (in years)

Age at Maturity (in years)

For ages < 45 and 10,15,20 years term SA=10 x AP and for 25 year term SA=12.5 x AP For ages 45 & above, SA=7 x AP

No Limit

Equal to Policy Term

Rs 50,000 for PT=10 Annual Premium Rs 25,000 for other (in Rs.) tenures Payment modes

Max.

No Limit

Only Yearly

RIDERS There are no additional riders in this plan.

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We are motivational this week. Everybody wishes to have a slice of the success cake, and wishes very much to achieve everything in life. The pathways are visible and engines can always be revved – but the shifting of gears is what makes the final or crucial difference. We have, on this page, the words of those who have been there, done that! Innovation Secrets of Indian CEOs by Dr. Rekha Shetty is intended to positively change our lives. The CEO Code by David Rohlander is a guide to wholesome and sure-fire success, while Superstar Leadership by Rick Conlow and Doug Watsabaugh aims to help us achieve all that and more within just one month.

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TV GUIDE

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

After failing in a scheme to steal Leonardo Da Vinci’s air-

ship blueprints, the Musketeers are disbanded by Cardinal Richelieu leaving Athos, Porthos and Aramis on the streets of Paris. In the meantime, the young, reckless and ambitious D’Artagnan has set off from Gascony with dreams of becoming a musketeer himself, not realizing that they have been disbanded. In no time, D’Artagnan manages to offend Athos, Porthos and Aramis on different occasions and challenges them all to duels. However before the duels can take place they are attacked by guards, trying to arrest them for illegal dueling. The ex-musketeers and D’Artagnan fight off the soldiers, leading to the four men becoming a band with the motto of “All for one, and one for all”. Count Richelieu is not only determined to be rid of the musketeers, but also schemes with Athos’ former lover Milady to undermine the reign of King Louis and his wife. The musketeers and D’Artagnan are determined to save the royal family and France ....HBO, 10.45 p.m.

SOAPS & SERIALS

SANSKAAR… DHAROHAR APNON KI

The vaishnav family returns after a brief hiatus and will be

seen celebrating Navrati when they get to know that Bhoomi is pregnant and will blessing them with an infant soon. Color s, 7 p.m.

AAKHIR BAHU BHI TOH BETI HEE HAI

Hukum Singh tells Naulakha Devi that she alone can convince

Samar. Caught in a tight spot, Naulakha begs Samar who is angry and confused to take the right decision for the sake of both the families. To everyone’s shock, Hukum Singh tells Sia’s father that Sia will get married to Samar. Sahara One, 9 p.m.

JAMIE’S 30 MINUTE MEALS

Jamie makes summer veg lasagne, Tuscan tomato salad and

quick mango frozen yoghurt in baby cornets - all in under half an hour. Big CBS Love, 7 p.m .

AUSTIN STEVEN’S ADVENTURE

Follow the intrepid adventurer and wildlife photographer Austin Steven as he travels the world in search of the most dangerous animals in AUSTIN STEVEN ADVENTURES exclusive on Ani mal Planet, 9 p.m.

MAGIC OF SCIENCE

The MAGIC OF SCIENCE is an all-new series featuring jaw-drop-

Sanskaar..Dharohar Apnon Ki, Colors, 7 p.m.

wipes her tears, makes a promise to him that she will make his party PRP win the coming elections through their son Rajvir and walks with a strong face to the party hall with her party advisor Suryamaan and her daughter Akanksha on both her sides to face the big crowd of party workers outside. Sony T V, 9 p.m.

TECH TOYS 360

ping illusions performed by an ensemble of fresh magical talent. It will feature street magic, hidden camera trickery and a big magical stunt – whether in front of live spectators or with members of the public taking part. The twist: each feat is backed by real science, with an explanation and breakdown to prove it. The result is a blending of theatrical exhibition and empirical principles, bolstered by the before and after reactions of the audience. Di scover y, 9 p.m.

Exciting and cutting-edge, brand-new series TECH TOYS 360 explores the globe to bring viewers VIP access to the most innovative technology of the 21st century. Tune in to this fantastic show and experience the most up-to-date high-tech gadgetry, super distinct designs and revolutionary vehicles and meet the innovators behind these modern wonders. Discov er y Science, 11.30 p.m.

We begin the story with the introduction of a girl Nandini through a wedding set up where we show her good managerial skills and her strong civic sense. Her boss asks her to go to PRP party office and as she goes, we can see the contrast between the two worlds, one middle class world of Nandini and other Royal Rajput political world of Gayatri Raghuvanshi. Gayatri’s is a strong personality who transforms from an emotional lady in front of her late husband to a determined woman, when she

mance will be seen between the two. Zee T V, 8 p.m.

DESH KI BETI NANDINI

CHOCOLATE

JODHA AKBAR

While Jodha is nursing Akbar of his bruises, little sparks of ro-

DIYA AUR BAATI HUM

Sandhya tries her best to win bhabhos heart but bhabho doesn’t relent. Meena- Emily spat for the dukaan continues. Bhabho gives a task to Meena but Sandhya hears it and takes it upon herself to complete it. Bhabho and Babasa on their way to deposit chavis jewelry in bank are robbed. Star Plu s, 9 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

When Zin, former girlfriend of a Thai mob boss, falls for

Masashi, a Japanese gangster in Thailand, the boss banishes them: Masashi to Japan, and Zin, with her small daughter Zen, to live next to a martial arts school. Zen is autistic, with uncanny swift reflexes. She watches the students next door and Muay Thai movies, absorbing every technique. She's now a teen, and her mother needs chemotherapy. Zin has taken in a chubby kid, Moom, who watches over Zen. Moom finds a ledger listing business men who owe Zin money; he goes to them one at a time to collect in order to pay for Zin's treatment. Zen, with her martial skills, becomes his enforcer. Star Mov ies, 9 p.m.

PATAAL BHAIRAVI

The great story of the Ramayam. The story begins with Ramu

who falls in love with the Rajkumari from Ujjain Indumati. Furthermore, the both of them want to get married but of course we have the peasant marrying the princess issue arising and Ramu seeks the help of Mantrik to grant him luxuries. Ramu eventually discovers that Mantriks intentions are not well so Ramu pleases the Pataal Bhairavi goddess and she grants him his luxuries. The story takes another turn and we have the Evil mantrik kidnapping the rajkumari and off course Ramu and Hamuman team up to rescue her. Fil my, 9.30 p.m.

RAAZ 3

The movie revolves around Maithli, an actress at the peak of

her success, who gets offered the best roles and wins all the awards she’s nominated for. In addition, she also has a passionate affair with a handsome director named Aditya. A younger actress, Sanjana makes her film debut and steals all the fame and prominence from Maithli, as everybody opts for Sanjana for all the movies. Following which even Aditya leaves Maithli for Sanjana, and Maithli sees her career fading away and she slowly becomes crazy. Max, 9 p.m.

OUT OF SIGHT

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A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final

Chocolate, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in. Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m .

REBIRTH

Filmed over the ensuing years after the attack on New York’s

World Trade Center, this documentary takes a look a the physical and emotional healing process involved in the aftermath of such a tragedy. Pi x, 11.15 p.m .

TARZAN-THE WONDER CAR

Devesh was Raj's father who was a futuristic car designer. He

owned an old car, which was passed down to him from his father and he hoped to pass it on to his son, Raj. After many hours designing, he shows his design to a car company owned by four men Dheer, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Shakti Kapoor and Mukesh Tiwari), little did he know that they would turn around and patent the design and take credit for it. In an attempt to get justice, Devesh reports the incident to the police and later finds out the hard way that the police officer was part of the deception. After Devesh confronts the men, they fight and Devesh is knocked out and left unconscious. Zee Ci nema, 9 p.m .

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STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 2.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon.. 3.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyara Pyara 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Diya aur Bati Hum 5.30 Mahabharat 6.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.30 Ek Gahr Banaunga 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 Saraswati Chandra 8.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 8.30 Mahabharat 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai…. 10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00

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Zara 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai

ZEE TV

P.M. 2.00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 2.30 Ek Muthi Aasman 3.00 Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 3.30 Pavitra Rishta 4.00 Qubool Hai 4.30 Pavitra Rishta 6.00 Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 6.30 Pavitra Rishta 7.00 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 7.30 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 8.00 Jodha Akbar 8.30 Do dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se

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10.00 10.30 11.00 P.M. 2.30 3.00 6.30 7.00 7.30

Aangan Hoga Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali Best of Haunted NightsKaun Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan Hoga Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti… Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati Haunted Nights Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali. Aakhir Bahu Bhi toh Beti Hee.

SAB TV

Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir Taarak Mehta Ka… Chidiya Ghar FIR Jeanie aur Juhu

2.00 3.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00

Car vs Wild Dual Survival Wildest India No Kitchen Required Africa Magic of Science Factory Made Car vs Wild Man vs Wild

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 How The Universe Works 3.00 The Gadget Show 4.00 Future Weapons 4.50 Industrial Revelations 5.15 How It’s Made 6.00 Monsters Inside Me 7.00 Antariksh 8.00 How It’s Made 9.00 The Gadget Show 10.00 Combat Countdown 11.30 Tech Toys 360

HISTORY

Crazy Ones Welcome to the Family Glee New Girl Two And A Half Men Masterchief Australia Crazy Ones Welcome to the Family One Tree Hill New Girl Two And A Half Men Masterchief Australia Dexter

ZEE CAFÉ

BIG CBS LOVE

90210 Game Rules of Engagement Dexter X Factor Jamie’s 30 Minutes Meal Rules of Engagement Jamie’s 30 Minutes Meal Game 90210 Dexter

SONY TV

P.M. 2.00 Maharana Pratap 2.30 Bade Acha Lagte Hai 3.00 Sanjeev Kapoor Ke Kitchen Ke Khiladi 3.30 Crime Patrol 4.00 Crime Patrol 5.45 Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara 6.30 Kaun Banega Crorepati 2013 8.00 Sanjeev Kapoor Ke Kitchen Khiladi 8.30 Amita Ka Amit 9.00 Desh Ki Beti Nandini 9.30 Kehta Hai DilJee Le

Jamie’s 30 Minutes Meal, Big CBS Love, 7.30 p.m.

9.00 Pavitra Rishta. 9.30 Qubool Hai 10.00 Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 10.30 Punarvivaah 11.00 Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Best of Savdhaaan India 7.30 Gustakh Dil 8.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Ek Boond Ishq 9.30 The Bachelorette India: Meri Khayalon Ki Mallika 10.30 Savdhaan India

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Sasural Simar Ka 2.30 Balika Vadhu-Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte 3.00 Madhubala 3.30 Mrs Pammi Pyarelal 4.00 Bani Ishq da Kalma 4.30 Big Boss Saath 7 6.00 Balika Vadhu 6.30 Bani: Ishq Da Kamla Hai 7.00 Sanskaar: Dharohar Apnon Ki 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Madhubala 9.00 Bigg Boss Saath 7 10.00 Uttaran 10.30 Bani – Ishq da Kalma

SAHARA ONE

P.M 2.00 Haunted Nights 2.30 Aakhir Bhau Bhi…. 3.00 Sherdil: Film. Dharmendra 6.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi… 6.30 Jhilmil Sitaron Ka

8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

Desh Ki Beti...Nandini, Sony TV, 9 p.m.

Baal Veer Taarak Chidiya Ghar Jeanie Aur Juju Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir FIR Taarak Mehta

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Tu Tithe Mee 2.30 Tuze Maze Jamena 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Radha Hi Bawri 4.00 Ekapeksha Ek 5.00 Tu Thithe Mee 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Tuze Maze Jamena 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Tu Tithe Mee 7.30 Radha Hi Bawri 8.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Mala Sasu Havi 9.00 Tuze Maze Jamena 9.30 Eka Peksha Ek: Apsara Aali 10.30 Radha Hi Bawri 11.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00

Gaj Raaj Animal Planet’s A to Z Animal Battlegrounds Big Cat Diary AP Safari River Monsters Natural Born Hunters Gaj Raaj Austin Steven’s Adventure 10.00 Animal Planet’s A to Z P.M.

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.30 News in Marathi 3.00 Katha Sarita 3.30 Daivacha Ha Khel Nirala 4.00 Tiwlya Bawlya 4.10 Bheti Lagi Jiva 4.35 Kashya Andharlya Wata 5.00 News in Marathi 5.05 Atmabhan 5.30 Sata Janmachi Punyai 6.00 Krishi Varta 6.30 AMAM 7.00 News in Marathi. 7.15 Bharat Ek Khoj 8.00 News 8.15 Samachar 8.30 Pavitra Bandhan

9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

Shrikant Saraswatichandra Trayodashi Buniyaad TRIDEV: Film. Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff

DDII(METRO CHANNEL) P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.05 6.30

News in Hindi. News. Sports News Repoter’s Diary Samachar. The News. Samachar. Rajyon Se Samachar. Metro Scan Business Wrap

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

Top Secret Recipe Extreme Trains Ben Earl The Works Science Impossible ICE Road Truckers History Untamed Mudcats Pawn Stars Mega Truckers How Sex Changed the World: Sex for Sale

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00

Breakout Caught in the Act Secrets of Wild India Dangerous Encounters Monkey Thieves The Indestructibles Most Amazing Moments Street Food Around The World 9.00 Mega Factories 10.00 Emergency Room 10.30 Taboo

STAR CRICKET

P.M. 2.00 Jai Ho 3.00 NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 13/14 h/ls 3.30 Jai Ho 4.00 Champion League Twenty20 13/14 h/ls 5.00 ICC Champions Trophy 13 h/ls 7.00 India vs Australia Build Up 2013 7.30 CLT20 IPL Team Journey 2013 8.00 ICC Champions Trophy 13 h/ls-Final: Eng vs India 9.00 Champions League T20 2013 h/ls 10.00 Jai Ho 10.30 India vs Aus Build Up 2013

ESPN

DOORDARSHAN

DDI MAIN CHANNEL

MOVIE CHANNELS

STARMOVIES

P.M 12.30 Inglourious Basterds 3.30 National Treasure: Book of Secrets 6.00 The Avengers 9.00 Chocolate 11.00 Bolt A.M. 9.00 Chinese Zodiac 11.30 Two Brothers P.M. 1.10 3.05 6.06 9:00 10.55 A.M. 8.00 11.22

HBO

Astro Boy Armageddon Minority Report The Hangover Part II The Three Musketeers The Aviator Jurassic Attack

ZEE STUDIO

P.M 1.00 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 3.45 The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas 5.30 Marvel Anime Iron Man 6.00 Real Steel 8.20 Sudden Death 10.30 Out of Sight A.M. 10.40 The Flinstones In Viva Rock Vegas

STAR WORLD

P.M. 2.00 The Vampire Diaries 3.00 The Ellen Degreneres Show 4.00 Just For Laughs 6.00 The Vampire Diaries 7.00 The Ellen Degeneres 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 Lost 10.00 The Vampire Diaries P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.30

LISTING

Tridev, DDI, 11 p.m.

7.05 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30

Khel Samachar Focus Samachar News in Hindi. Samachar Charcha Main Aankhon Dekhi

P.M. 2.00 Jai Ho 3.00 Champions League T20 13 h/ls 3.30 Jai Ho 5.00 Liga Bbva 13 h/ls 5.30 Jai Ho 6.00 Champions League Twenty20 2013 6.30 Jai Ho 7.00 Premier League Review 8.00 Liga Bbva 13 h/ls 8.30 Jai Ho 9.00 Motorsports 9.30 Superstar Football 10.00 Champions League Twenty20 2013 h/ls 10.30 American League Division Series 2013

P.M. 1.13 2.56 4.44 7.01 9:00 11.15 A.M. 7.55 10.15 P.M. 12.00 3.20 6.10 9.00 A.M. 9.20

PIX

Wild Things 2 Mean Girls Red The Pink Panther 2 Species III Rebirth

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 12.00 Dhadakebaaz: Mahesh Kothare 4.30 Sundar Majhe Ghar: Madhuri G 7.00 Oxygen Jeev Gudmartoy: Sayaji Shinde 9.30 De Dhakka: Makranad Anaspure

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.30 3.00 6.00 7.30 9.00 10.00 11.00 A.M. 8.00 9.30 10.00 11.00

Tom and Jerry Tales Oggy and the Cockroaches Oggy Olly La Lu Li Besharam Henry Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Johnny Test Adventure Time Chatur Narad Roll No 21 Ben 10 Tom and Jerry Tales

POGO

P.M. 1.00 Chhota Bheem Marathon 4.00 Mr Bean 5.00 Dhadadhad Bheem Special 6.30 Phata Poster Aaya Bheem Special 8.00 Hagemaru 9.00 Chhota Bheem 9.30 Pokemon 10.00 Takeshi’s Castle

Meet The Fockers Angels and Demons

STAR GOLD

Tejasvini 1920 Chal Chala Chal Jigar

Out of Sight, Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m.

Chupke Se

MAX

P.M. 1.00 Mere Dad Ki Maruti: Ram Kapoor 5.30 Hum : Amitabh Bachchan 9.00 Raaz 3: Emraan Hashmi A.M. 10.30 Dil Bole Hadippa: Shahid Kapur

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 3.00 Sansar: Rekha 6.00 Jungle-The Battleground: Aadhi 9.00 Tarzan-The Wonder Car: Ajay Devgan A.M. 11.45 Journey Bombay To Goa: Raju S

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TV TATTLE Children’s awards

It’s time to pack the red carpet away and roll out the orange one instead, as the world’s biggest and most entertaining kid’s award show – the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards comes to India this November. Nickelodeon is known world-over as the # 1 global entertainment brand dedicated to kids. It is all about giving kids what they want. With an approach that puts kids first and celebrates them each and every day, Nickelodeon encourages kids to be themselves - funny, messy and free-spirited. Nickelodeon, through LIVE Viacom18, is bringing the biggest and most popular Kids award show – The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award to India for the very first time.

TV for children

Television has been infamously termed as an ‘idiot box’ and the reasons behind it have been rational. Parents are skeptical about their children watching TV without guidance as most of the shows and advertisements on TV are believed to create a negative impact on children. Learning this fact, ZeeQ, a channel catering to kids, has brought in content to tease the developing brains of preschoolers. One such internationally acclaimed show aired on ZeeQ is Sid the Science Kid. Sid, the main character of the series, is an inquisitive kid who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about various concepts.

Horizons

In this show of Horizons, based on global food wastage, Adam Shaw heads to India and Rome and finds out more about the growing global issue of food waste from the director general of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dr. Jose Graziano da Silva. From farm to fork, around a third of all the food we produce worldwide is wasted. This accounts for 1.3 billion tonnes each year, according to the UN Environment Programme and FAO. This costs the global economy an estimated one trillion dollars annually.

New family show on Big Magic! M

By Sandeep Hattangadi

ahisagar - a new light-hearted relationship drama from the hinterlands of Gujarat will captivate audiences starting October 7 from Mon – Fri at 7.30 pm on BIG MAGIC! Produced by Hats Off Productions, and J.D. Majethia, the show is loosely based on the Gujarati fable of Mahisagar. Mahi is a sweet, carefree small-town girl who follows her heart and is ruled by her emotions. She believes in taking life as it comes and living the moment. She falls in love with Sagar and eventually gets married to him. From then on, the story takes a lighthearted journey into innocent Mahi’s life around her politically distinguished mother-in-law, Anusuya Mehta. Anusuya is a practical and calculative politician for whom actions and relationships are always based on what will move vote banks. That is the conflict point of the show. The show stars Dharti in the title role and Sandit Tiwari. Commenting on the launch of the show, Sunil Kumaran, Business Head, BIG MAGIC said, “It is our constant endeavor to offer the best entertainment to our audiences and we are proud to beef up our weekday programming line-up with Mahisagar. The show will offer a slice-of-life flavour and life is absolutely fun through Mahi’s lens - I am confident that audiences will love spending their evenings with her on BIG MAGIC”. Commenting on his latest offering, Jamnadas (JD) Majethia, Founder, Hats Off Productions, said, “BIG MAGIC has a strong programming line-up and we’re glad to be adding Mahisagar to the mix. Novel in its approach, the show takes unique Indian elements like the saas-bahu relationships and small-town local politics and mixes them together in a fun way. An entertaining relationship drama, Mahisagar is bound to connect with the audiences”.

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Kangana Ranaut reached the sets of Comedy Night With Kapil and it was an amazing experience for her. She was not only having fun with Kapil but from her killer looks she forced Siddhu paji to dance with her. It was not only Kapil's day but also Kangana's day because this time she was pulling Kapil's legs during the show. Kangana went to the sets for promoting her Film Rajjo, releasing on November 15. She was quite happy after the shoot because she had a blast on the sets.

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Nothing is scripted. We have not created anything falsely. I am very much real in the show I am not acting.

Kyaa Baat Hai!

Popular comical poetry show Waah Waah Kya Baat Hai has successfully completed 100 episodes. To celebrate the shoot, producer Asit Kumarr Modi invited Sunil Pal and Sab TV head Anuj Kapoor on the show. A huge cake was cut by Sunil Pal, Anuj Kapoor, Neha Mehta, Asit Kumarr Modi and Shailesh Lodha and the other poet guests on the sets. With the theme of nayapurana this episode had young and senior poets having an entertaining and humorous poetic debate. Sunil Pal is the Celeb Guest of this episode.

Garba raas

Navratri festival is a very exciting phase for Tarak Mehta Ka Oltah Chashama, says Bhayva Gandhi (Tapu in the show). He loves to play Garba and to dance on the special Garba song Sanedo sanedo.... ji ho lal sanedo.... He is very particular about the Garba dressing called Kedias. Bhayva’s this year’s Garba dress was brought from Law Garden in Ahmedabad. Finally he got his fancy and attractive dress. Even during shooting, he wears this very dress.

ctress Mallika Sherawat says, in her upcoming reality series, she is not looking for a husband but rather wants to find “true love”. The 36-year-old actress will make her small screen debut with The Bachelorette India -Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika, which is a spin-off from the American competitive reality dating game show. “There is no promise of marriage. I am lonely and am looking for true love. It is about the journey and not the destination”, Mallika told reporters here. However, the Murder actress said that when she decides to settle down in the future, she will chose someone who has nothing to do with the showbiz world. “I would not marry anyone from the field of entertainment. I am in the world of glitz and glamour which is a make-be-

lieve world. I want normalcy in life and that is why you will see actresses getting married to doctors and businessmen”, she said. When asked if she would like to marry someone from abroad, Mallika, who regularly visits the US for work, said, “It is good to work there but people lack human emotions. I would marry someone from India”. The Indian version of the show will have 30 contestants vying for Mallika’s attention. “It is a reality show so whatever happens on a date and on the show is all real. Nothing is scripted. We have not created anything falsely. I am very much real in the show I am not acting”, she said. Mallika considers Gujarat Chief Minis-

ter Narendra Modi as the perfect bachelor and on his birthday the actress even recorded a video message for him. “I am a hopelessly romantic girl. I like him (Narendra Modi). I am not interested in Rahul Gandhi”, she added. There were reports that Mallika has charged a whopping Rs.30 crore for 30 episodes of this show. When asked about the same, she said, “I am not denying it... I cannot lie”. Mallika is not the only celebrity looking for her ‘Mr. Right’ on TV. Previously, Rakhi Sawant and Ratan Rajput too starred in marriage reality shows but without much successs. Rahul Mahajan was the only person who married on a TV show. The Bachelorette India will go on air from October 7 on Life OK. PTI

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Ministers ‘overstay’ despite SC guidelines

According to the information revealed, there are in all 36 former Union ministers who continue to live comfortably in ministerial accommodation even after relinquishing their offices had been overstaying their occupancy in government accommodations. While the houses were allotted to them in the capacity of members of Vidhan Sabha or state council of ministers, they continued to occupy these even after their stints were over. To keep them in check, a few months back, the Supreme Court had drafted the guidelines to keep a eye on ministers overstaying in official houses. Lamenting the reluctance of government employees, ministers, MPs and other high dignitaries to vacate the public premises after their retirement or after demitting offices, the Supreme Court had, in July, issued a list of guidelines to ensure the problem of government employees overstaying is curbed and those eligible get accommodation on time. A Bench of Justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi had laid down a set of 20 guidelines, detailing the procedure to be followed for different classes of people overstaying in government accommodations. The bench had then asked the Central, State and Union Territory governments to follow them. Dictating a time-frame for the vacation of premises, the court said that judges of any forum shall vacate their official residences within a period of one month from the date of superannuation or retirement and this period could be extended by

Ensuring the ministers don’t overstay Picture for representational purposes only

t seems like it will be long before politicians get a break from all the drama associated. After the entire fiasco concerning the Ordinance and the Bill that allowed convicted parliamentarians to stay in office, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s conviction by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court followed by a jail term, now there’s more information revealed by an RTI application filed by activist Subhash Agarwal. According to the information revealed, there are in all 36 former Union ministers who continue to live comfortably in ministerial accommodation even after relinquishing their offices. Those who have been listed as unauthorised occupants include Congress politicians like Mukul Wasnik, Ambika Soni, Ajay Maken, Subodh Kant Sahay, Saifuddin Soz, C P Joshi, Pawan Bansal and S M Krishna. BJP leaders in the list include L K Advani, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, M Venkaiah Naidu and Ravi Shankar Prasad. From DMK, it was Dayanidhi Maran, M K Alagiri and T R Baalu; RJD’s Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Trinamool Congress’s Saugata Ray and C M Jatua too named in the list made by urban development ministry. Out of the lot, BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad came forward just a couple of days back and said the information provided by the Urban Development Ministry about him was incorrect. He was reported to saying that the bungalow he is staying in has been authorised to him by the House Committee of the Rajya Sabha. “The inclusion of my name is factually incorrect and based on insufficient information. I was allotted a Type VII bungalow in my capacity as minister. However, after I demitted office, the bungalow was reverted to the Rajya Sabha pool…I am in the third term as Rajya Sabha member. “Besides being a former Union Minister, I am the Deputy Leader of my party in the Rajya Sabha and as per proper entitlement, the bungalow has been allotted to me by the House Committee of the Rajya Sabha from its own pool where I continue at present. Obviously the RTI information about me is not correct,” he said. This is not the first time ministers and Members of Parliament have been accused of overstaying their welcome in a government-allotted home. In the beginning of this year, an application was filed with the department of general administration in Orissa government under the Right to Information Act looking for details of those officers and MLAs who have overstayed their occupancy in the government houses. The reply to the RTI application revealed that ten former MLAs, including ex-ministers from across parties and three retired IAS officers

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A recent RTI query revealed there are 36 former Union ministers who continue to live in ministerial accommodation even after relinquishing office. We need to address it, writes Gajanan Khergamker

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another month after recording sufficient reasons. “Since allotment of government accommodation is a privilege given to the ministers and MPs, the matter of unauthorised retention should be intimated to the Speaker

or Chairman of the House and action should be initiated by the House Committee for the breach of the privileges which a Member / Minister enjoys. Appropriate Committee should recommend to the Speaker / Chairman for taking appropriate action / eviction within a time-bound period,” the court had said. Laying down a detailed system, the court had said the Director of Estates shall issue a notice three months prior to his retirement and the employer-department will be liable to serve it. The court had also directed that the order of eviction should be passed preferably within a period of 15 days after the allottees have been given an opportunity of being heard. For any extension of stay, the employer-department will need to issue a genuineness certificate and in no case, more than two months can be granted. But, despite the court order, recent information offered by the urban development ministry suggests that neither the state nor Centre has been following directions. Over the years, government of different states have cracked down on such ministers over staying in official accommodations, but such things happens very rarely and the ministers are quick to forget such crackdown and go back to their old ways and live comfortably in plush government home illegally. Reportedly, a ministerial bunga-

low stands in the midst of a 2.5-3 acre plot with well-maintained lawns, a covered area of anything between 4,000 and 6,000 sq.ft., three to four bedrooms, a study and vast drawing and dining rooms and elaborate servant quarters. Most minsters find it difficult to give up such luxury, no matter how rich they are. Earlier, in April this year, India’s richest woman, Savitri Jindal, reportedly vacated the government house allotted to her in Chandigarh. Mother of businessman and MP Naveen Jindal, Savitri was slapped a total penal rent of Rs 43 lakhs for the unauthorised occupation of government accommodation. The Supreme Court’s remark, “There are cases where the occupants are so affluent that they are willing to pay the penal/market rent and continue to occupy government quarters especially in metropolitan cities where such government quarters are a luxury situated in several acres of land within the heart of the city,” doesn’t seem off the mark. But, even with the SC guidelines in place the ministers continue to live in the government houses unabated, clearly suggesting that respecting the judicial system or the law itself, is not something they are familiar with. And, they represent the people! (With inputs from Prerna Pandey)

Readers keen on seeking help on drafting RTI applications may write in to rti@draftcraft.in or call Gajanan Khergamker on 022-22841593 for any assistance on RTI or to have their findings / issue featured on this page

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DILLI KA BABU Scams claim victims

By Ruby Arun

NSTEAD of co-operation, the Government has created competition between the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB). In the process, the IB has had to stand up to the challenge. And that is why there is anger against the Government amongst the IB officers and functionaries. At present, the IB is not sharing information on internal security directly with the Ministry of Home Affairs or the State Governments; neither is it extending its co-operation to the State Governments in any terrorism operation. The IB chief Asif Ibrahim has already brought to the notice of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister that even after giving correct information about Naxalites and terrorists, people in the IB are blamed to the extent of almost being arrested. In such a situation, the morale of the officers of the Intelligence Bureau is sapped. As a result, apprising and briefing the Prime Minister daily about the situation of the country by the Director of the Information Bureau (DIB) has become just a formality. Obviously, this situation is very dangerous for the country. The country is in danger, but even then the stance and attitude of the CBI working for the Manmohan Singh Government has not changed. In Gujarat, in the

Ishrat Jahan and Sadiq Jamal alleged fake encounters, the IB was already annoyed with the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Home Affairs over Rajendra Kumar, the IB Special Director being made an accused. But when the CBI, while interrogating Rajendra Kumar, recently retired Special Director of the IB, obtained the IB encrypting code, complete information about the diplomatic language manual of the IB, and noted his statement under Section 161 of the CRPC, the officials of the IB, albeit in a suppressed manner, adopted a rebellious attitude. The Ishrat Jahan encounter trial has started in Ahmedabad where a special CBI court has committed the case to the session court. Information registered under Section 161 of the CRPC means that now Rajendra Kumar will have to give his statement regarding the case in the court and any citizen of the country can easily obtain information about these matters linked with the country’s internal security by filing an RTI application. For example, in Gujarat till now, what was the information supplied from the field by informers, how much were they paid in lieu of the information, in what way and in whose favour this information was used, how the IB functions and how does the network of IB informers operate and function, how are informers recruited and

how much money exists in secret funds as well as how much IB pays its informers and how much money does it takes from the Government to pay its informers. This step of the CBI has been indigestible and loathsome for the IB. Officials of the IB say that this act in the name of investigations will put the lives of those informers who have provided the IB with excellent inquiry results not only from the State of Gujarat but in other important cases too in danger. The is because when the CBI has decoded the encrypted code of the IB and included it in the documents submitted to court, it is obvious that during the course of the hearing, the informers who had provided information to the IB about the intentions of Ishrat Jahan and her companions will be called to the witness box in court to give evidence as witnesses. In such a situation, the image and identification of the informers will become public, and these informers will certainly be in danger, and subsequently other informers too will not be prepared to gather or provide secret information to the IB or other security agencies. This could prove to be fatal for our country. But look at the irony – that without thinking of the ill effects, instead of collecting information and carrying on with the investigation of cases, two agencies are preparing a dossier of reports against each

others officers! Both the agencies, instead of fighting against the enemies of the country are fighting a war against each other. These days, the internal security of the Ministry of Home Affairs (IS 1 and IS 2), the officers of the Naxal Management Division and the Jammu and Kashmir Division are not getting any help from the IB other than feedback. Earlier, officers and functionaries of the IB provided not only solid news about terrorists and Naxalites and their identities, their activities and bases, but also helped in getting them arrested. On the surface however, the wrangling and squabbling between CBI and IB seems to have subsided. News of this trend has been written about in newspapers too, but it is not so. A senior official in the Prime Minister’s Office reveals that neither the PMO nor the Ministry of Home Affairs have received the IB’s intelligence report for the last two months even though it is the job of the IB to prepare and submit daily an intelligence report based on countrywide happenings. In addition, the IB is supposed to send a daily intelligence report to the PMO about disorder, unrest and conspiracies for terrorist attacks in the entire country. On the basis of these reports, the PMO and the Home Ministry brief State Governments and security agencies to be vigilant and take essential precautionary measures.

UNITE AND END THE CONSPIRACY OF RIOTS Santosh Bhartiya

HE Muzaffarnagar riots offer quite a few lessons. At first it was being said that the riots of Muzaffarnagar took place without any economic reason. It was also said that the Muzaffarnagar riots spread so much because of administrative negligence. It was said too that hardline Hindutva was stronger here, which is why the riots took place. Out of the people who did the most reporting of riots in this country, M. J. Akbar is still alive today. Udayan

Sharma left from our midst. He had expertise in reporting on riots and he viewed riots with a meticulous eye and separated each layer. I also have some experience of reporting on riots. I believe that the riots of Muzaffarnagar were not reported properly in the country. Our media–both print and television – went and stopped at a hotel in Muzaffarnagar. The Govt. provided them facilities and they sat in Muzaffarnagar and reported on the riots. Curfew had been imposed in the town and the media was reporting on the curfew. They were showing the deserted streets and the closed shops. But the Muzaffarnagar riots were not riots in a town. They were village riots and our expert colleagues did not go the villages. It is this that I regret the most. An investigation of the riots in the villages of Muzaffarnagar reveals that the whole area is re-

plete with two mutually antagonistic types of characters. In this entire area, the influence of the Bharatiya Janata Party is less, but that of the Arya Samaj is much more. When the Arya Samaj turned into an orthodox Hindutva organisation, the people of the Arya Samaj themselves don’t know. In the last three months, Muslims who wore their pyjamas high, sported long beards and wore a cap, selectively became victims of barbed comments and at some places became victims of attacks from people. At stations or in trains, attempts to forcefully harass Muslims with beards and caps had increased to quite an extent. All this information was with the district administration. It is not clear whether the district administration sent this information to its senior officers at the State level. But such incidents were happening not only in Muzaffarnagar but also in other

surrounding districts –Saharanpur, Meerut, Shamli and Baghpat. We were looking at these things over the last four months, which the Uttar Pradesh Govt. has not been able to see till today. We had written in this newspaper with courage that the riots would happen and this newspaper went to the ministers and officials of UP, who mocked our assessment. Today, when this assessment stands before them in its naked form, they have no place to hide their faces. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Ministers and officials should stop the forces which have taken a vow to destroy the peace and tranquility of Uttar Pradesh and it will not be difficult to identify them. My humble submission to Akhilesh Yadav is that there is still time. Prove yourself and re-establish the faith of the people of the country in the youth, especially in a youthful Chief Minister.

THE appointment of the Chairman of the Railway Board has been hanging fire for some time now. Now, a further twist has been added to the proceedings as R.S. Virdi, one of the contenders for the post, has been indicted by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in a 10-year old case involving the procurement of perfume dispensers. With Virdi’s chance at the position now practically ended, sources say that acting Chairman of the Board Arunendra Kumar could well be the main contender. Some say that Radhey Shyam, General Manager of the Kolkata Metro, may well be the proverbial dark horse as his name has been cleared by the CVC. Virdi, who is claiming that the old case was ‘deliberately’ dug up to scuttle his chances, approached Railway Minister Mallikaarjun Kharge to intervene in the matter, but his efforts have not been successful. An almost similar situation has arisen at the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), where one of the contenders shortlisted for the Chairman and MD of the company is under the Central Bureau of Investigation’s scanner for alleged involvement in the LTC scam. SCI has been without a head since January and can lose its ‘Navratna’ status owing to the losses the company posted for two consecutive years.

Coming clean publicly

A TRANSPARENT bureaucracy is so obviously an oxymoron that when a babu actually dares to strike a different note, it becomes newsworthy. One such instance was noted in Karnataka last week. Rural Development Commissioner Munish Moudgil who is in charge of implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the state, announced publicly that he would provide daily reports to the public on the progress in the Centre-sponsored scheme. Is this mere bravado? But sources say that Moudgil, so far, has kept his promise to the media. Moudgil is not only posting information in public domain but has also set up a toll-free number for callers to seek info, apply for new jobs or make a complaint. All this is rather refreshing to hear, for all those who often despair of the system. Hopefully, Moudgil’s example will inspire other babus to follow suit … or is this too far-fetched a notion?

Court rebukes babus

A RETIRED IAS officer from Karnataka Shamim Banu is in judicial custody for her alleged role in a case of illegal mining. But eyebrows were raised in several quarters when many IAS officers in the state publicly aired their views in defence of Banu, asserting that she should not have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is investigating the illegal mining. Not only this, the Karnataka IAS Officers Association too expressed solidarity with the accused. The association is headed by Additional Chief Secretary Kowshik Mukherjee, and apparently the babus have even decided to extend legal support to the accused officer. This rather public display of camaraderie has not gone down well with the Karnataka High Court. — Dilip Cherian

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ACROSS: 1 Having gone down to make a request (2,6,5) 10 Coach bans macho fooling around (6,3) 11 She's born to take up a musical instrument (5) 12 Condition of the miserable and penitent (5,5) 14 Arab group to help London Power Supply Co., I see (3) 15 Strengthened control by arranging for Constance and Solomon to join Ida and Edward (12) 18 Al and Sion change Art Co., of tremendous size (12) 21 Place in dispute (3) 22 Binding with a cord the net frayed (10) 25 Saint with a love of being devious (5) 26 And no dull resort either, though it might be ! (9) 27 One goes to some length to prevent accidents (6,7) DOWN: 2 Refuse to turn in Reagan - don't press ! (3-4) 3 The little horse with the mouse around is giving its name to this (9) 4 It was used for payment among educated people (5) 5 Name of a backward American (3) 6 His Lordship's nickname on all the pens (4) 7 A new parent is ecstatic (6) 8 Best person on board? (5,8) 9 Dracula's daughter, for instance? (5,8) 13 Mark II (5) 16 Girl around to start taking dictation for the Chairman (5) 17 Losing their heads, the Furies

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Each colour in our code represents a letter. When you have cracked the code you will be able to make up seven words. The clue to first word is given to help you get started. The Clue: Pastor, parson

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE CLEVER, REVERE, REVERS, SELVES, SERVER, SEVERE, VESSEL

MATH PYRAMID 634 become semi-nude (9) 19 He and a theologian enter a vehicle in Somerset (7) 20 Gorgeous place with a cavernous interior (6)

23 Author produces most of the book (5) 24 Yield to a nice delicacy (4) 26 Learning to be agreeably amateur (3)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Tailboard, 6 Stabs, 9 Dutch bulbs, 11 Depose, 12 Parakeet, 13 Creme de menthe, 15 Piece of string, 19 Erection, 20 Omahas, 22 Sisterhood, 23 Other, 24 Per capita. DOW N: 2 Abuse, 3 Lactose, 4 Ombre, 5 Relapse, 7 Trinket, 8 Boiled egg, 10 Spriest, 13 Copyright, 14 Eyelids, 16 Escapee, 17 Finesse, 18 In a shop, 20 Oleic, 21 Abort.

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ACROSS: 1 Avian screechers (4) 5 Brad, e.g. (4) 6 Diminutive beings (5) 8 Castle strongholds (5) 10 'Don Giovanni' setting (5) 12 Head start, say (4) 13 Charter, hire or let (4)

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied. 1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 "All for ___ ..." (3) 2 Beat the rap (4) 3 Feline nine (5) 4 One in dreamland (7) 7 A gardener's implement (5) 9 Leo, for one (4) 11 After taxes (3)

HIDATO 634

The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally from first to the last number in the grid. The first and last numbers of a puzzle and a some other numbers are already filled in. FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 634

Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of the digits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeated in any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number and one of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematical operation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to each puzzle is arrived at logically and is unique. FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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Libra 3rd Ashwin Shuklapaksha Swati Tula (Libra) R.T. Black 7

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Important decision taken by you will bring in major breakthrough in your career. Those planning to start and independent business will be able to do so now. Senior executives will be given additional allowances. Love life will be fine. Your mate will be very loving and understanding. If unattached you will get to know an interesting person to whom you will take an instant liking.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Good looking, elegant, soft spoken, healthy and long-lived. Will have sensitive feet. Independent, at times rigid but will attain all good things of life. Will be helpful caring to loved ones. A career in an artistic or creative field or diplomatic sphere will lead to gains.

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20): With all else moving along in the right direction in your life you may still hanker for that elusive job or position. May be the time has come for your to tap your resources and see what can be done. This is the time to make a move towards fulfilling aspirations. A new person in your circle of people will hold your attention. Proceed cautiously if you want this association to grow meaningfully.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): While you may increase your income there is a great responsibility coming your way, which will mean more financial burden. With clever money management it will not pose a problem. If connected with international trade, you will benefit through signing a long-term contract. Lack of time could mar the Contentment in your relationship. Others will be quick to take advantage of the situation and create more trouble.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Streamlining your work will help rather than working in a haphazard manner. Expect good news soon. You are trying to do too many things at the same time. Set yourself realistic goal and things will be within your grasp once you have found direction. In matters of the heart it is a good time step forward if you get a chance. You have been very patient with your love interest but now you may want to know where you stand.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You have to put off few activities that you had hoped to conclude today. Delay in payment will also cause a financial crunch which will be overcome soon. To make an important payment t you may have to dip into your savings. Be positive and good will follow. You may invite friends home for an evening together. It is a good opportunity for you to introduce a special person to family.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Look forward to positive developments around. A repayment or news of some finance will make you feel very optimistic that business profits can now be increased. Cut down unnecessary expenditure, and tighten your budget on purchase of goods that you really don’t need right now. In a marital relationship you may be feeling inhibited not because of your mate but more because you are not able to do what you want. Be patient.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Pressures at work could take its toll on your functioning. You have to deal with seniors and those that matter tactfully. Where money is concerned you need to be extra careful and make sure that your interests are safeguarded. Plans for travel are indicated. If you have had a recent altercation with your beloved Make an effort to patch up differences for a happy reunion is likely.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You will have a very busy today, though you may not achieve much. If you have to wait a bit longer for rewards, it would be worth it. Be careful when signing agreements or contracts. You have tendency to trust the wrong kind of people. Remain alert. Your mate may caution you on the choice of friends. It may be difficult for you to see reason at the moment.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Invest money in savings on long-term basis. Avoid the stock market or investments in shares right now. There could some unforeseen expenses coming your way. Do not let it get you down. There is a lot more to look forward to. Your mate or beloved will support you in fulfilling your responsibilities and will also be a source of strength when you are low.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Look forward to new alliances in new business ventures. Those working independently or as consultants will get a major contract. Meetings and negotiations for proposals scheduled for today will yield good results. You can expect an immediate response. A new friendship can create problems with a close associate who is very possessive about you. Handle the situation tactfully.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You will be tempted to spend extra money because your financial position looks good. Attend to financial matters, which could yield long-term benefits with proper planning. Some property or land issues may need attention and sorting out. Be cautious in your dealings. Your mate or beloved will go all out to make you feel your chirpy self again. A relaxed evening together will work magic.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Your logic, method of work and result oriented approach gets appreciated by those who matter. You will succeed in your objectives. You could have one or two good work options coming; accept the one that does not need any financial investment from you. You will be in the mood to celebrate the evening in the company of your friends and family. A romantic involvement gets stronger.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Your plans for today get upset because of a late appointment. You may have to cancel a few activities planned for the day. Avoid meeting people who do not have anything good to say about anyone. There could also be a bit of a financial crunch, which will be overcome soon. You are expecting too much out of a relationship without making an effort. Some action or an element of surprise will spice things up.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4784

ACROSS: 1 __ the music : not shrink from consequences,in a way? (4) 4 On ship, train (6) 8 Comedy duo ___ & Laurie (3) 10 Coming right up!: abbr. (4) 13 Workout class (8) 14 Relaxes; pays out (thread) (7) 15 Gewgaw (6) 17 A large church (9) 21 ____ up : stimulate or excite, in a way? (3) 22 A type of tree that sound like "you"? (3) 23 Criminal gang, esp. one involved in drug trafficking, extortion, etc. (3) 26 Keyboard instruments similar to organs (9) 27 Can a child go bang-bang with it? (6) 28 Riding breeches (7) 32 Ask a taxi to stop so that you can board it? (4,1,3) 34 ___ mater : university or school which one attended? (4) 35 Ex-England batsman Graveney (3) 36 Large beer mug (6) 37 Binary digits in computers (4)

DOWN: 1 German madame (4) 2 A sharp, curved nail on the foot of an animal (4) 3 Small nail (4) 5 Capital of Madhya Pradesh (6) 6 Foreman foe (3) 7 ____ out : distributes carelessly and indiscriminately? (6) 9 Agreed (3) 11 In school slang, tell tales (5) 12 Terse, condensed and forcible (5) 15 Cry (4) 16 Betty of cartoons (4) 18 Become divided into pieces (4) 19 Cannon of "Heaven Can Wait" (4) 20 Electrical units of reluctance (3)

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SUDOKU 1970 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: H equals M

The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.

23 Shade of brown (5) 24 Nawab's wife? (5) 25 Ottoman officials (6) 26 Volume (6) 28 N. Indian Caste (3)

29 A double-reed, tube-shaped woodwind instrument (4) 30 Plan, stratagem or scheme (4) 31 Burn to ground (4) 33 ___ Amin : ex-Ugandan despot? (3)

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Itself, 7 Imbecile, 8 Bull, 10 Stores, 11 Litter, 14 Gen, 16 Guava, 17 Suss, 19 Faint, 21 Tunes, 22 Luger, 23 Just, 26 Sit on, 28 Tor, 29 Teasel, 30 Outdid, 31 Ketu, 32 Chemical, 33 Afraid. DOWN: 1 Irises, 2 Enures, 3 Fils, 4 Designs, 5 Riata, 6 Nehra, 8 Bogs, 9 Len, 12 Tut, 13 Evils, 15 Vanes, 18 Untie, 19 Fug, 20 Ier, 21 Tunes in, 22 Los, 23 Jotter, 24 Urdu, 25 Tedded, 26 Stuck, 27 Taxes, 28 Tue, 30 Okla.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1789 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

U T

C I L

S D H Q P M I G H U B M O A I L D P K Z H O T V

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTI ON: It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that

Afternoon WORD MINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 09 average; 10 good; 12 outstanding. SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: allure, earful, fearful, FEARFULLY, flue, fuel, full, fuller, fully, furl, fury, laurel, lure, ruffle, rule, urea.

HEATHCLIFF

Saturday’s

MUMBAI WINS BATTLE ROYALE

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Double bonus for Mumbai Indians as they lift the Champions League by beating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the finals

EW DELHI: Mumbai Indians clinched the Champions League Twenty20 title for the second time after defeating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final here. Harbhajan Singh was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped four wickets for 32 runs picking crucial wickets to dislodge Rajasthan Royals who were cruising at one stage with Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson forging a sound partnership for the second wicket of 109 runs. However, once both of the batsmen fell out, it opened the floodgates as the Mumbai team penetrated through their defences of Rajasthan as they were trying to up the ante with the asking rate was going beyond the roof. The Royals lost eight wickets for 32 runs, thereby resting any chances for a possible comeback. Earlier, Mumbai Indians batsmen fired in unison to post a massive 202 for six against a hapless Rajasthan Royals in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 here. After a solid start by opener Dwayne Smith (44) and a valuable 33 off 14 balls by skipper Rohit Sharma in the middle, Glenn Maxwell's 14-ball 37 cameo in the end took the IPL champions past 200-run mark. This is the highest total for the Mumbai Indians, who scored 142 runs in their last 10 overs today, in the Champions League Twenty20. It was a team effort with Maxwell adding 41 runs for the sixth wicket with Dinesh Kartik (15 not out) in 2.2 overs towards the fag end. For the Royals, Pravin Tambe was the only impressive bowler with figures of 4-0-19-2. Put in to bat by Rajasthan Royals, the in-form opener Smith gave Mumbai Indians a perfect start, hitting a six over deep mid-wicket in the third ball of the very first over to set the tone. The other opener, Tendulkar, who

Mumbai Indians' Sachin Tendulkar celebrate with Harbhajan Singh after dismissal of Rajasthan Royals batsman Sanju Samson during the CLT20 final match at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. Harbhajan took four wickets for 32 runs. is playing his final Twenty20 match, took an over to get settled down before he opened up. He started off with a four in James Faulkner's over, a perfectly timed cover drive. The 40-year-old right handed batsman then followed it up with two successive boundaries in the first two deliveries off Shane Watson's over before the ball crashed into his off-stump to cut short his

innings that saw him score a 13-ball 15, including three hits to the fence. Even as the senior batsman walked back into the pavilion in coloured cloths for one last time, his teammates and the full house crowd at the Feroze Shah Kotla here gave him a standing ovation. Tendulkar's departure slowed down the rhythm a bit with Ambati Rayudu adopting a cautious ap-

proach, relying mostly on singles and twos. Despite that Mumbai Indians managed to bring up their fifty in 6.5 overs, maintaining a decent run rate. Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians 202/6 in 20 overs [Dwayne Smith 44, Glenn Maxwell 37] beat Rajasthan Royals 169 all out 18.5 overs [Ajinkya Rahane 65, Sanju Samson 60, Harbhajan Singh 4/32] by 33 runs.

I have been inspired by Tendulkar's exploits: Dravid N

EW DELHI: Playing for one last time together in a cricket match, albeit for different teams in the Champions League Twenty20 summit clash here, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid heaped encomiums on each other with the latter saying that his long time former India team-mate had inspired him to strive for excellence in the game. Tendulkar's final T20 act and Dravid's last hurrah in competitive cricket were the talking points at the Feroze Shah Kotla here as the two legends got together though in the colours of Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. The two legendary batsmen had announced that this would be their final Twenty20 season. "Even though Tendulkar is of my age or two months younger to me, he is seven years senior to me as an international cricketer. When I came into the Indian team, in my third Test, Tendulkar was India captain. He was someone you would look upto as a young cricketer growing up. You

saw this young kid do amazing things across the world. It was sort of inspiration for all of us playing first-class

cricket," Dravid said before the start of the CLT20 finale. "It was like, look if this guy can do

Mumbai Indians player Sachin Tendulkar and Rajasthan Royalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s captain Rahul Dravid shake hands during the CLT20 final against in New Delhi on Sunday.

it, we can also try to do it. The opportunity to try and share a dressing room with him, that was a huge motivation. For me to be on that England trip for the first time and share a dressing with him was a huge trip," said Dravid. The 40-year-old Dravid had retired from international cricket at the beginning of 2012 while Tendulkar, who retired from One-Day International cricket last December, is in the twilight of his Test career. Together they have scored close to 92,000 runs in all formats of the game. Tendulkar, who is also 40, returned the compliments, by describing Dravid as the "master technician". "Absolutely, he is a master technician. Any day in my team, he will be number three, because there were so many innings in which he batted brilliantly. When the rest of the guys found it difficult, he was comfortable. He loved challenges and I knew we could bank on Rahul at the times of difficulty."

29 Salgaocar beat Mohammedan Sporting

MAPUSA: Salgaocar FC kept their winning momentum going as they scored a convincing 3-0 win over Mohammedan Sporting to notch up their second win in the Airtel I-League at the Duler Stadium here. Salgaocar, who led 1-0 at half time, scored through Darryl Duffy (43rd), Claude Gnakpa (48th) and Augustin Fernandes (63rd). The win takes Salgaocar's tally to six points from two matches. Durand Cup Champions, Mohammedan Sporting, who suffered their second defeat, are yet to open their account. Salgaocar, who had a dream start beating defending champions Churchill Brothers, looked determined to keep the winning momentum going as they did most of the attacking and even earned seven corners in the first half. However, they were not successful until the 43rd minute when Francis Fernandes did all the spadework and relayed the ball to Clifton Dias who released the ball to a better-placed Darryl Duffy who slotted the ball home to give Salgaocar a 1-0 lead at half time. Mohammedan Sporting, who made one change from their last match loss against Pune FC by bringing in Penn Orji, had their share of exchanges in the first half with Josimar and Tolgay Ozbay causing problems to the rival defence, but Chika Wali was alert to ward off the dangers. Sporting came close to scoring in the 28th minute when Josimar's release to Israil Gurung on the right saw the latter attempt to find the far post, but Salgoacar keeper Karanjit Singh pulled off fine save and blocked Penn from the rebound as well. Soon after resumption, Sporting could have equalised when Israil Gurung's shot at the goal saw keeper Karanjit beaten but an alert Augustin Fernandes cleared the ball to safety in the 48th minute. After this close shave, Salgaocar celebrated with a goal. JOHNSON'S HEADER GUIDES BENGALURU FC TO 1-0 WIN OVER UNITED SC BANGALORE: A first-half strike by John Johnson helped Bengaluru FC beat United Sports Club by a solitary goal in their third round match of the Airtel I-League at the Bengaluru Football Stadium here. The win propelled the Bangalore outfit to the top of the table with seven points from three matches. On the other hand, this was United SC's first loss in three matches after the Kolkata side had won their first two games at home. It was in the fourth minute of the match when man-of-the-match Johnson headed in a perfect corner by Beikhokhei Beingaichho to register his second goal in the ongoing I-League.

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SPORTS BOPANNA-EDOUARD PAIR LIFTS JAPAN OPEN

OKYO: Rohan Bopanna ended his long wait for the second title of the season as he lifted the Japan Open trophy with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, sailing past Jamie Murray and John Peers, here. The fourth seeded IndoFrench pair emerged winners with a 7-6 (5) 6-4 scoreline against the Briton-Australian combo in one hour and 17 minutes in the summit clash of the USD 1,297,000 ATP 500 tournament. Bopanna had won his first title of the 2013 season in February when he triumphed at ATP 250 event in Marseille, France

with British partner Colin Fleming. He had also reached the final of Rome Masters with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi but ended runners-up. It was a tough battle out there for Bopanna and his partner as the two teams fought tooth and nail, not allowing a single break in the opening set. The fourth seeds had five break chances but Murray and Peers saved all to stretch the issue to a tie-breaker. In the second set, Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin finally converted a break chance to get a lead, which they maintained to emerge winners.

Akanksha, Sanjiti, Meet adjudged best M

UMBAI; Matunga Gymkhana’s Akanksha Shah (under-9) and Khar Gymkhana’s Sanjiti Saha (under-8) along with Meet Makhija (under-9) emerged the outstanding swimmers in the GMAAA Lower Age Group Swimming Championships, hosted by MIG CC (Banda) here today. Akanksha who notched 33 points with four golds and a silver and a new

meet record to boot was way ahead of her rivals to take the honours, while Sanjiti had three golds, a silver and a new meet record to her credit. Overall six meet records were established with boys claiming four, and the girls two. However, Meet claimed honours for his remarkable consistency. He won the individual trophy for the third year in a row. He was

Meet Makhija, Sanjita Saha and Akanksha Shah pose with their trophies with GMAAA President Pradeep Divgikar.

IN BRIEF Former MCA jt secretary Hemant Waingankar dead

MUMBAI: Hemant Waingankar, a former joint secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association, passed away. He was 60 and is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter. Waingankar, a close friend of former India captain Sunil Gavaskar with whom he toured Sri Lanka as members of the Combined Universities team in 1970-71, was not keeping well for the last few months, according to MCA sources. Former India opener Kenia Jayantilal, who was also on the same tour, recalled that Waingankar was

a "fast bowler". Waingankar was joint secretary of MCA between 2007-08 and 201011 when Sharad Pawar was at the helm. He had secured the highest number of votes when he contested the association's elections.

Khar Gymkhana Squash Tournament from Oct 15 MUMBAI: The IGOPL – Offshore – Khar Gymkhana Junior and Double Handicap Squash tournament will be organized by the Squash Professionals Association in association with SRFI & SRAM at the Khar Gymkhana from October15-18 according to Tournament Director Chandrakant Pawar. The last date for entries is October 8. The events will be - Boys – U-

similarly bestowed with the trophy last year in the boys under-8 category , and a year before he was crowned best in the boys under-7 section. Meet aggregated 31 points to pip Srish Maulik by two points. Akanksha won four golds and a silver with one new meet record, while Sanjiti notched up 26 points with three golds and a silver with one new meet record. Results: GIRLS: U-5: Anannaya Nayak (Vibgyor) – 28 pts (4 golds). U-6: Harshdeep Kaur (CSMSS) – 20 pts (2 golds + 2 silver). U-7: Samiriddha Duta (CSMSS) – 24 pts (3 golds, 1 bronze). U-9: Sanjiti Saha (Khar Gym) – 26 pts (3 gold, 1 silver and 1 NMR). BOYS: U-5: Arth Gupta (Vibgyor) – 28 pts (4 golds). U-6: Armaan Jetha (Otters) -24 pts (3 golds, 1 bronze). U-7:Ronak Sawant (PSP) – 26 pts (3 golds , 1 silver). U-8:Arjunveer Gupta (Radio Club) – 26 pts (3 golds, 1 silver).U-9: Meet Makhija (Khar Gym) – 31 pts (3 golds, 2 silver, 2 NMR). 11, U-13, U-15, U-17 and Girls – U-11, U-13, U-15, U-17 along with Mix U-9 and Doubles handicap.

Vengsarkar coaching camp from Oct 10

MUMBAI: The Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation will be conducting cricket coaching camps at Oval Maidan and Mahul from October 10 to May 30, 2014 for boys between the agegroup of 8 years to 18 years. Those who are born after 1/9/1995 and before1/9/2005 are eligible to join the camp. There will be four groups of under-12, under-14, under-16 and under19. Contact Ashok Kamat on 9819666126 [Oval camp] and Nitin Surve on 09324607086 [Mahul].

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80 youths might get football lessons in England

Philip Andrew Gartside Chairman Bolton Wanderers Football Club (BWFC) UK and Agnelo Rajesh Athaide- Director St Angelo's OCE international football in Mumbai.

UMBAI: At least 80 youth stand a chance to be part of a 10-day residential football development camp at the English club Bolton Wanderers Reebok stadium, in the next one year. IT firms St Angelo's and OCE have collaborated to form St Angelo's OCE international football, and have signed a contract with Bolton Wanderers for five years to impart football knowledge. "At the moment we are talking up to a 100 this year. But they will be in batches of 20. We have about four batches lined up at the moment," Bolton Wanderers'Chairman Philip Gartside said. Commenting on the association, St Angelo's study abroad Chairman and Managing director Agnelo Rajesh Athaide said, "We want to create excellent football opportunities for the young-

sters, the school children, college kids and the corporates. We have a contract with them, which we will keep on extending. It is for five years at a go. We are going to have the talent hunt throughout the country starting tomorrow. Specifically we are going to target Goa, Mumbai, Pune, Kerala, West Bengal, Chennai. These are the six cities we are going to begin with," he added. Many European clubs are looking at India to have their training camps and Gartside said Bolton Wanderers is different from the others. "If you look at football now, it's a big commercial world. The bigger teams, and we are not one of them, they are looking at commercial advantage. We are not doing that. What we are trying to do is use football in a much more modest way for education and maybe find a footballer. If the student likes the taste

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Chadha snatches thrilling decider for Phantoms

MUMBAI: Bombay Gymkhana ‘Phantoms’ survived a scare before setting up a semi-final clash with CCI ‘Rockets’, in the BSAM World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust Mumbai Snooker League 2013, at the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana. ‘Phantoms’ rallied from a 1-2 deficit to overcome a spirited Wodehouse Gymkhana ‘Woody Woodpeckers’ 3-2 in a thriller, while ‘Rockets’ halted the winning streak of Park Club ‘Samurais’ with a 3-1 win after surging to an early 2-0 lead in the quarter-finals. Playing with a +35 handicap, Mayur Sanghvi gave ‘Woodpeckers’ a dream start with a stunning win over state junior and sub junior champion Ishpreet Singh Chadha.

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of a 10-day programme then it encourages him to do the year long programme. We have a two year programme of international B-tech at level three. The benefit of that is he spends two years training as an athlete as well." Asked if the club would open an academy here, he said, "It would be an opportunity to do but wouldn't want to do that and dilute the quality. That is the difficulty. You need to do it at the right quality or you are not doing yourselves much favour.”

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IN BRIEF India bags one gold and two bronze in World Snooker

NEW DELHI: In a stunning display, Indian women's pair of Vidya Pillai and Arantxa Sanchis clinched the team title in the 2013 IBSF World 6-red Snooker Championship after defeating Hong Kong in the final at Carlow, Ireland. India won two bronze also through Chitra Magimairajan and Varshaa Sanjeev in the women's team event and Shivam Arora in the men's individual section. The sixth-seeded Pillai and Sanchis stunned two-time IBSF champion Ng On Yee and So Man You of Hong Kong -- seeded fourth in the tournament -- 3-2 (23-74, 68-41, 51-46, 4-64, 55-36) in the final. The Indian duo had beaten their England counterparts 2-1 in the semifinals. The other Indian women's duo of Chitra and Varsha lost to Hong Kong pair of Ng On Yee and So Man You in the semifinals and settled for a bronze.

Clarke, McCullum laud Afghanistan for WC qualification

DUBAI: Australian captain Michael Clarke and his New Zealand counterpart Brendon McCullum today lauded Afghanistan for qualifying for the 2015 World Cup and hoped that the gritty side's maiden experience at the biggest event turns out to be a memorable one. Afghanistan finished second in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship last week and along with Ireland progressed to ICC's flagship event that will be staged from February 14 to March 29 in Australia and New Zealand. Afghanistan is in Pool A while Ireland is in Pool B. Clarke, whose side beat Afghanistan by 66 runs in the only ODI between the two sides to date in August 2012, was delighted for the Associate side. "It was only last year that we played Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates. They put up a good fight and showed strong potential," Clarke was quoted as saying in an ICC release.

Intikhab backs Whatmore

LAHORE: Former captain and senior PCB official Intikhab Alam has backed under-fire foreign coach Dav Whatmore, saying he has worked hard with the team. "Coaching is a thankless job I know from experience. But I think Whatmore has worked very hard with our team and he has done what he feels is right," Alam said while defending PCB decision to appoint Whatmore as head coach in March last year. Alam also said that Whatmore carried the additional job responsibility of being a batting coach in his contract. "Pakistan's batting has struggled because at the end of the day it is the individual who has to work hard on his game and apply himself. A coach can only guide him and be good at man-management which Whatmore has done," he said.

AND INCHES TOWARDS WORLD TITLE SPORTS

Triumphant Vettel wins Korean Grand Prix...

EONGAM, SOUTH KOREA: Sebastian Vettel stands on the brink of a fourth world title in succession after he powered away from pole position to win a fiery Korean Grand Prix on Sunday. The unstoppable German, 26, could retain the title in Japan next week if he wins and Ferrari rival Fernando Alonso finishes outside the top eight. Not even two appearances by the safety car, or the worrying sight of his team-mate Mark Webber climbing out of his burning Red Bull, was enough to stop Vettel's fourth win on the bounce. He took the chequered flag 4.224sec ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, who just beat teammate Romain Grosjean to the line for second. Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, who started second on the grid, were fourth and fifth. Vettel's third win on the trot in Korea means he has racked up 272 points, a mammoth 77-point lead over nearest challenger Alonso, who came home sixth at Yeongam. "I'm loving what I do," Vettel, booed at previous races because of his dominance, told the crowd from the podium. I'm trying not to think about it to be honest," Vettel told a post-race press conference, flanked by Raikkonen and Grosjean, when told he could win the title next week. "There are still a lot of points to get even though it looks very good for us. There is a chance for Fernando (Alonso) so we need to

Horrible show by Force India at Korean GP

YEONGAM, SOUTH KOREA: Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta had a bad day in office as Sahara Force India returned pointless from the incidentfilled Korean Grand Prix here. While Di Resta dropped out after a crash on the 25th lap, his teammate Sutil had stopped in the pits on the 50th lap. Not much was expected from the Silverstone-based oufit in the race after Sutil and Di Resta started at 14th and 15th positions on the grid after poor performance in yesterday's qualifying session.

Nico Rosberg was also in the mix before a problem saw sparks dance spectacularly from the front of his car as he overtook Hamilton on lap 28. An extended pit stop saw the German rejoin in midfield and he had to settle for seventh, with McLaren's Jenson Button eighth. Felipe Massa of Ferrari and Sergio Perez of McLaren rounded out the top 10. Vettel was already streaking Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany holds his trophy aloft after winning the away at the first hairpin, where Korean Formula One Grand Prix at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, there was early drama when South Korea, Sunday. Massa spun around, causing his team-mate Alonso to run wide stay on top of our game. To be you think from the outside." The real battle on an overcast with Button and the Force India honest, as I said on the podium, we are just having a good time. but dry afternoon next to the Yel- of Adrian Sutil suffering minor We enjoy the fact the team is low Sea was behind the German, damage. The Brazilian Massa, working very well, the car is with Hamilton and Grosjean du- who started sixth on the grid, working -- it's very on the edge, elling for long periods for second. found himself dumped down to to honest, probably more than Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate the back of the field.

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utes. The victory was a consolation for Djokovic, who is spending his 101st week at number one. But his current streak of 48 power-hitting to take the first set weeks will end on Monday when 25 minutes later. The pair dis- the ATP announces its new rankplayed incredible movement in ings with Nadal at the top. The Spaniard only needed to the opening game of the second set, engaging in quickfire net- make the final to unseat him. play much to the delight of the After the match, Djokovic congratulated Nadal on his achievecrowd. "I have to say Nadal came out on top of that ment. duel, winning the point, but congratulations to Rafael beDjokovic took the game to break cause he deserves definitely to be serve. Djokovic then kept his number one of the world this nerve, holding serve until the end year with the season that he has of the match on one hour 27 min- had," he said.

Top seeds Djokovic and Williams win China Open

I am a better player than last year: Sania Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Rafael Nadal of Spain pose with their trophies after the final of the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, China on Sunday. Djokovic defeated Nadal 6-3, 6-4.

EIJING: World number ones Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams sailed through to convincing victories in the China Open. Djokovic overcame Spain's Rafael Nadal in straight sets and maintain a remarkable 100 percent record in the Beijing tournament, while Williams claimed a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Serbia's Jelena Jankovic as her dominant season continues. Djokovic, who has won the event the four times he has en-

tered, was at his ruthless best to defeat Nadal 6-3, 6-4, a day before he is set to be unseated at the top of the world rankings by the Spaniard. It was Nadal's first hard court loss of the season. The second seed in Beijing showed only rare glimpses of the form that has seen him win 10 titles this year, with his Serbian opponent racing to a 3-0 lead in the first ten minutes. Top seed Djokovic then powered ahead, showing formidable

NEW DELHI: As she closed her 2013 season with a bang by winning the prestigious WTA China Open, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza vowed that she is a better player compared to what she was last year. In 2012, Sania won two titles whereas she ended runners-up in three others, including the China Open. Sania

ended her season with back-toback titles with Zimbabwean Cara Black, with whom she joined forces for the Japan Open and the partnership took off with a trophy in the first tournament. "I think, I have improved all round. Ny fitness has become better. I have also improved myself around the net. My serve has improved so I am a better player than what I was last year," Sania said. "There is no better way to finish the year. I have been playing well. Sometimes you are unlucky and you don't win despite playing well. I am happy that I was able to convert these big moments," she added.

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